Background
Ayşe Hatun was born in 1614, the daughter of an Albanian Nobleman, Hasan Bey, from the Jonima family.
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Career
She also had a brother named Silahdar Musa Ağa. Murad married her in May 1630 at the Old Palace. Her witness was Eyüp Pasha.
Privy Purse registers record the presence of, Ayşe as Murad"s only haseki sultan, until the very end of Murad"s seventeen year reign, when a second haseki appears.It is possible that Ayşe was Murad"s only haseki until the advent of the second.
In 1633 Murad raised the Ayşe"s stipend to 2,000 aspers, where it remained throughout his reign. The increase was most likely linked to a general increase in stipends throughout the palace during Murad"s reign, described by Koçi Bey, and was accompanied by a marked growth in the size of the harem.These changes were probably an aspect of Murad"s dramatic assertion of personal control of government after nine year"s of his mother"s regency.
She started her career at a stipend of 2,000 aspers a day while Murad"s second haseki received, 2571 aspers a day. Seventh months later, however, the stipend of Murad"s second haseki was reduced to 2,000, the level at which both remained Until Murad"s death.
She died in 1680.
Şehzade Hasan (March 1631 - 1632);
Şehzade Osman (9 February 1634 - February 1634);
Şehzade Abdul Hamid (15 May 1638 - 1638);
Hanzade Sultan (1630 - 1680), married August 1645, Damat Nakkaş Hasan Pasha, Vizier of Egypt 1640-1642.
Membership
After Murad"s death in 1640, Ayşe along with the other members of Murad"s entourage were permanently exiled to the Old Palace, where she lived until her death and was receiving the retirement stipend of 2,000 aspers a day.
