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Handan Sultan (fully ''Devletlu İsmetlu Handan Valide Sultan Aliyyetü'ş-Şân Hazretleri''; ca. 1574 – 26 November 1605〔 〕)(''Handan'' meaning "Joyful") was the mother of the Ottoman Sultan Ahmed I and his Valide Sultan from 22 December 1603 until 26 November 1605. ==Life== She was originally a Greek named Helen; she persuaded her son Ahmed I to save the life of Mustafa I by making him abolish the law on the immediate execution of the brothers of the Ottoman Sultan.〔〔name="Semiramis">〕 During the first two years of the reign of Sultan Ahmed I, she was the Vâlide Sultân, being his mother. The contemporary historian Ibrahim Pecevi questioned her wisdom. Leslie Peirce points out that Ahmed I tended to disregard her advice.〔 〕 While respecting the tradition that ''a mother's right is God's right'', he ingeniously circumvented her will. She did not manage to receive either influence or economic funds as had the two previous Valide Sultans. Her salary was only 1000 akçes even though she acted as the co-regent as the Valide Sultan during the first two years of the regency of her son Sultan Ahmed I while the grandmother Safiye Sultan was receiving 3000 akçes during the same period. She prevailed upon her son Ahmed I to save the life of Mustafa I by making him abolish the law on the immediate execution of the brothers of the Ottoman Sultans upon his accession to the Ottoman throne. The law was initially put into effect by Fatih Sultan Mehmed for the purpose of preventing probable fighting among the sultan's brothers who were the potential claimants to the throne. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Handan Sultan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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