In Egypt, Çiçek Hatun, was urging the Sultan through his wife to free and bring her son to Egypt.[15][16] The letters carried by a certain Nicolas de Nicosie revealed that Cem had been communicating with his mother.[17] Çiçek Hatun's efforts to bring her son to Egypt and use her influence in the Mamluk court by urging Qaitbay to help her in this attempt were brought to Bayezid's attention through intelligence reports from Cairo.[18] D'Aubusson used Cem to control Çiçek Hatun and Qaitbay and to wield from them twenty thousand gold pieces by pretending to bring Cem to Egypt.[19]