Author
Haseki Hurrem Sultan (also known as Khassaki Sultan, or as Roxelana, d. AH 965 / AD 1558).
Publication Date
964 / 1556- 1557
Publication Place
Istanbul, Turkey. -
Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts
Subject
Smooth polished Aharli paper, ink writing, watercolour, gold inlay, decorated leather binding.
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
الطول: 28 سم؛ العرض: 19 سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
2192
Record ID
object;ISL;tr;Mus01;38;ar
Library Location
Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts
Date
964 / 1556- 1557
Notes
This endowment for a religious institution belongs to the wife of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent (r. 926-974 / 1520-1566), Hasaki Hürremsultan. It was written in Arabic on 49 pages on glossy Aharli paper, and bears the date 964 / 1557. The initials of Sultan Suleiman or his Tughra are found on page 1-A. The text begins with a single-page header, written at nine lines per page in black ink with gold-lined margins. The header of page 1-b and the spaces between the lines of page 2-a are decorated in gold and bright colors with black edges. The brown leather cover of the document reflects the typical characteristics of book binding in the 10th / 16th century, with recessed oval medallions, ornaments and corner decorations. It was executed using a mold and painted in gold. The inner covers were also decorated with cut and pasted oval medallions, decorated with arabesques and floral designs inspired by Chinese art. Pages 9-B and 10-A of the Waqfiya mentioned the buildings that Sultan Suleiman ordered to be built in Jerusalem near the Dome of the Rock in honor of his wife, Horim Sultan. These buildings were known from historical sources as a mosque, a school, and an emirate utkiya (restaurant for the poor) Hasaki Horimultan. Pages 12-A and 14-B contain a detailed explanation of how to spend on caring for the endowments and running their affairs, such as taking care of the buildings and cleaning them, paying the salaries of their workers, and so on. As stated on pages 15-B and 27-A, the number of commercial properties, mills, etc. He also mentioned the properties granted to Hürrem Sultan that were rented out to secure revenues for the endowments. However, there is no information regarding the locations of these properties. On page 49-A, there are the signatures of the witnesses and the seal of Hürrem Sultan. The waqf, which also contains the signatures of the witnesses, is considered one of the distinctive examples of the method of preparing records in the classical Ottoman period. It also constitutes a valuable source of historical information related to the system of Ottoman endowment institutions and how they functioned.
Sample Text
Sevgi Kutluay “Endowment Document of Khasaki, Wife of the Sultan” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;tr;Mus01;38;ar
Bu sayfanın künyesi
Prepared by:Sevgi KUTLUAYSevgi Kutluay is the Head of the Calligraphy and Manuscripts Section at the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts in Istanbul. She graduated from the Department of Archaeology and Art History at Hacettepe University, Ankara, in 1985 with the thesis “The Complexes of Kayseri Huand Hatun and Afşin Eshab-ı Kehf and the Development of Complexes in the Anatolian Seljuq Period”. She completed her Master's at the same department with a thesis entitled “Divriği Great Mosque and Its Decorative Programme” in 1989. She started working at the Ministry of Culture and Tourism in 1988 and has worked as an expert at various museums and departments of the ministry. She quit her Ph.D. entitled “The Diwan of Hüseyin Baykara and the 15th Century Manuscripts of Herat”. She participated in restoration projects on the wall paintings of Göreme Dark Church and Sumela Monastery in Trabzon and in the display designs of various museums.
Seçili bibliyografya
Soliman le magnifique,Paris, 1990, pp.38–9, cat. no. 17.
