Rabia Bala Hatun
The Tomb of Rabia Bala Hatun located in Bilecik Turkey
BornRabia Bala Hatun
Died1324[1]
Bilecik, Turkey
Burial
Bilecik
SpouseOsman I
IssueAlaeddin Ali Pasha
FatherSheikh Edebali
MotherIldiz Hatun
ReligionSunni Islam
The husband of "Rabia Bala Hatun”, Osman Gazi.

Rabia Bala Hatun (Ottoman Turkish: رابعہ بالا ھاتون, "spring" and "young one"; died January 1324) was the wife of Osman I, the founder of the Ottoman Dynasty. [2] She was the daughter of Sheikh Edebali and the mother of Alaeddin Ali Pasha of the Ottoman Empire.

Names

Edebali's daughter is called by different names in the sources.[3] Sheikh Edebali's daughter is referred to as "Rabia" in the history of Uric, and as "Mal/Malhun" in those of Aşıkpaşazade, Neşri, Rüstem paşa and Lütfi Paşa.

Marriage to Osman

Edebali became Osman's mentor and gave him the Gazi sword. Osman at Edebali's dergah, dreamed of a state.[4] This dream, thus led to the establishment of a state. After this, Edebali's daughter was married to Osman I.[5] As a result of this marriage, all the Ahyan sheikhs came under the Ottoman control. This had a major impact on the establishment and development of the Ottoman Beylik. From the central government records regarding the property she received at the time of her marriage; the village of Kozağaç in the district of Bilecik, where the dervish hospice of her father was located. Her father Sheikh Edebali was an influential religious leader in the Ottoman territories.[6]

Death and burial

She died in 1324 in Bilecik. Although she preceded her husband, Osman, she was buried with her father in Bilecik.[7] Bala Rabia Hatun's tomb along with that of her mother's Ildiz Hatun is a famous historical landmark found within the complex of the tomb of Sheikh Edebali.[8] This complex was built by Orhan Ghazi and later renovated by Abdul Hamid II.[9][10][11]

In the 2019 Turkish historical fiction TV series Kuruluş: Osman, Bala Hatun is portrayed by Turkish actress Özge Törer.[12][13][14]

See also

Further reading

  • Peirce, Leslie P., The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire, Oxford University Press, 1993, ISBN 0-19-508677-5 (paperback).
  • Bahadıroğlu, Yavuz, "Resimli Osmanlı Tarihi, Nesil Yayınları" (Ottoman History with Illustrations, Nesil Publications) 15th Ed., 2009, ISBN 978-975-269-299-2 (Hardcover).

References

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