Background
Hüsnüşah Hatun was born in 1454 to a Karamanid prince, Nasuh Bey.
Hüsnüşah Hatun was born in 1454 to a Karamanid prince, Nasuh Bey.
She is called by different names in the sources, Hüsnümah (Hûsn-î-mâh) and Hümaşah (Hûmâ-Shâh). The Ottoman Research Foundation reveals the results of recent investigations and announces her name as Hüsnüşah (Hûsn-î-Shâh). Bayezid was still a şehzade and the governor of Amasya sanjak when she gave birth to Şehzade Şehinşah in 1474, followed by Sultanzade Sultan.
According to Turkish tradition, all princes were expected to work as provincial governors (Sanjak-bey) as a part of their training.
In 1481 Şehinşah, was sent to Manisa sanjak (then known as Saruhan) and then in 1483 to Karaman, and Hüsnüşah accompanied him. In retirement she occupied herself with pious works She built a "Hatuniye Mosque" at Manisa in 1490-1491.
During Şehinşah"s provincial post, Hüsnüşah Hatun, corresponded with Selim I, Şehinşah"s victorious brother, on behalf of Mevlana Pir Ahmed Çelebi, a scholar who had been at Şehinşah"s court and who was neglected when the members of the prince"s household were assigned new posts. Bursa was the first Ottoman capital, and the place where, until the conquest of Constantinople, members of the dynastic family were buried.
