Hayme Hatun, also known as Hayma Ana[2] (Mother Hayma), was the grandmother of Osman I, founder of the Ottoman Empire and the mother of Ertuğrul Gazi, Gündoğdu and the leader of the Kayı clan of the Oghuz Turks. She was bestowed and known by the title of Devlet Ana (State Mother) of the Ottoman Empire.[3] [4]

Hayme Hatun
Died1267
Çarşamba, Domaniç
Burial placeDomaniç
SpouseSuleyman Shah[1] or Gündüz Alp
ChildrenSungurtekin
Gündoğdu
Ertuğrul
Dündar

Name

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Her name appears as Haymana, Hayme Hatun, Hayme Sultan, Ayva Ana and Ayvana. The name Hayma Ana seems to be an obvious transference of the topographic term haymana, or "prairie", into a personal name.[citation needed]

Burial place

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Closer view of the mausoleum of Hayma Ana
 
Tomb of Hayma Ana

Hayma Ana's last resting place is at Çarşamba, a village near Domaniç, in a pasture area, close to a route connecting the lowlands east of Bursa with Tavşanlı. In 1892 Abdul Hamid II saw the recovery of the tomb of Hayme Ana.[5]

Family

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She was of Turkish descent and belonged to a Turkmen family of the Dodurga tribe. She was the grandmother of Osman I, the founder of the Ottoman Empire. She had four sons:[citation needed]

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Hayme Hatun has been portrayed by Hülya Darcan in Turkish TV series Diriliş: Ertuğrul.

See also

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Further reading

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  • İsmail Hakkı Uzunçarşılı, Osmanlı Tarihi, C.I
  • Selim Yıldız, “Hayme Ana”, Vilayetlerin Sultanlığından Faziletlerin Sultanlığına Osmanlı Devleti, Kütahya 1999, s.40
  • Mehmed Maksudoğlu, Osmanlı Tarihi, İstanbul 2001, s.21

References

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  1. ^ İnalcık, Halil (2007). "Osmanlı Beyliği'nin Kurucusu Osman Beg". Belleten (in Turkish) (261). Ankara: 487–490.
  2. ^ Sakaoğlu, Necdet [in Turkish] (2008). Bu mülkün kadın sultanları: Vâlide sultanlar, hâtunlar, hasekiler, kadınefendiler, sultanefendiler (in Turkish). Oğlak Yayıncılık. pp. 25–27. ISBN 978-9-753-29623-6..
  3. ^ Akgunduz, Ahmed; Ozturk, Said (2011). Ottoman History - Misperceptions and Truths. IUR Press. p. 35. ISBN 978-90-90-26108-9. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  4. ^ "HAYME HATUN DEVLET ANA". Devlet-i Aliyye-i.
  5. ^ Sakaoğlu, Necdet [in Turkish] (2008). Bu mülkün kadın sultanları: Vâlide sultanlar, hâtunlar, hasekiler, kadınefendiler, sultanefendiler (in Turkish). Oğlak Yayıncılık. p. 26. ISBN 978-9-753-29623-6.