Şehzade Bayezid (son of Ahmed I)
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{{Short description|Ottoman prince (1612–1635)}}
{{infobox royalty
| name = Şehzade Bayezid
| image =
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| birth_date = November 1612
| birth_place = Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
(modern day Istanbul, Turkey)
| death_date = {{death date and age|1635|07|27|1612|11|df=yes}}{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hKg-rQcBNXsC&q=%C5%9Eehzade+bayezid++1612&pg=PA175 |title = Türkischer Biographischer Index|date = 10 November 2011|isbn = 9783110965773}}
| death_place = Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
| father = Ahmed I
| mother = Mahfiruz Hatun
| burial_place = Ahmed I Mausoleum, Sultan Ahmed Mosque
| religion = Sunni Islam
}}
Şehzade Bayezid ({{langx|ota|شهزاده بايزيد}}; November 1612 - 27 July 1635) was an Ottoman prince and son of Sultan Ahmed I and Mahfiruz, the Sultan's first concubine.
Life
He was born to Ahmed I and Mahfiruz, the Sultan's first consort.{{Cite book|title=Osmanlı: Kültür ve sanat. 10|language=tr|author=Güler Eren, Kemal Çiçek, Cem Oğuz|date=1999|quote=...başka Mehmed , Süleyman , Bayezid ve Hüseyni adlı 4 şehzade doğmuştur...|url=https://books.google.it/books?id=f9RtjS1JbOYC&q=mahfiruz+bayezid&dq=mahfiruz+bayezid&hl=it&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&ovdme=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjxx7mLt5CMAxVyhv0HHXEVC9gQ6AF6BAgFEAM#mahfiruz%20}}{{Cite book|author=Thomas F. Madden|year=2016|title=Istanbul: City of Majesty at the Crossroads of the World|quote=Mahfiruz Sultan bore him four sons...}}{{Cite book|title=Women Leaders in Chaotic Environments|author=Şefika Şule Erçetin|date=2016|page=77|quote=He married with his Haseki Mahfiruz Kadın and had princes called Genç Osman (1604), Mehmed (1605), Süleyman (1611), Beyazid (1612) and Hüseyin (1613)}}
He was a few months younger than his half-brother Şehzade Murad (future sultan Murad IV). When Ahmed died on 22 November 1617, he was placed in the Kafes with his half brothers Mehmed, Murad, Selim, Kasim and Ibrahim in unknown period during the reign of his uncle sultan Mustafa I and brother Osman II. After Mustafa was deposed and replaced by Osman, his half-brother Mehmed was executed under the orders of Osman one year before being murdered by his enemies, which brought Mustafa once again to the throne. After Mustafa was deposed for a second time, Bayezid's half-brother Murad was placed in the throne before him due to being older by a few months. However, on 27 July 1635, he was executed along with his half-brothers Suleiman and Selim. The orders were carried out by Murad, because he had reason to believe that the Janissaries were about to rebel to overthrow him.
Death
He was murdered under the orders of Murad, on 27 July 1635, in Topkapı Palace due to some rumors that Murad's enemies wanted Bayezid enthroned. He was buried in the Ahmed I Mausoleum, Sultan Ahmed Mosque.Şefika Şule Erçetin (28 November 2016). Women Leaders in Chaotic Environments: Examinations of Leadership Using Complexity Theory. Springer. p. 77. {{ISBN|978-3-319-44758-2}}.Mustafa Çağatay Uluçay (2011). Padişahların Kadınları ve Kızları. Ötüken, Ankara. p. 78. {{ISBN|978-9-754-37840-5}}.
In literature and popular culture
- Jean Racine wrote a play called Bajazet which was based on the life of Şehzade who was preferred on the throne over the existing sultan his brother Murad IV.{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Bajazet|title = Bajazet | play by Racine}}
- Şehzade Bayezid is portrayed by Yiğit Uçan in the 2015 Turkish historical non-fiction TV series Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem.{{Citation|title=Muhtesem Yüzyil: Kösem (TV Series 2015–2017), Yiğit Uçan: Sehzade Bayezid|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4787028/characters/nm8874913?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t29}} In the series, he is the son of a fictional concubine named Gülbahar Sultan,In the series, all concubines who gave a child to a Sultan or to a Şehzade are entitled "Sultan". In historical reality, the title was reserved for Haseki Sultan, who for Ahmed was only Kösem Sultan. The other concubines were simply entitled "Hatun" (Woman, Mistress or lady). and his death does not match the historical one, although he is still executed by Murad.
References
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