Fatma Sultan (daughter of Selim I)

Fatma Sultan
Born	1500 Trabzon, Ottoman Empire
Died	1571 (aged 70-71) Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Burial	Kara Ahmed Pasha Türbe
Spouse	Mustafa Pasha Kara Ahmed Pasha Hadım İbrahim Pasha
Issue	Zeynep Sultan Lale Naz Sultan Sedef Sah Sultan Sultanzade Harun Bey Husein Bey Sultanzade Emirhan
House	House of Osman
Father	Selim I
Mother	Ayşe Hafsa Sultan
Religion	Islam

Fatma Sultan (1500–1571) (Ottoman Turkish: فاطمہ سلطان) was an Ottoman princess, daughter of Selim I and Ayşe Hafsa Sultan. She was the sister of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent.

The father of "Fatima Sultan", Ottoman Sultan Selim I.

Biography

She was married to Kara Ahmed Pasha, who was the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire between 1553 and 1555. After the death of Kara Ahmed Pasha, she went to live with her brother Suleiman the Magnificent in Topkapi palace. Their number of children are unknown.

Depictions in literature and popular culture

In the TV series Muhteşem Yüzyıl, Fatma Sultan is played by Turkish actress Meltem Cumbul.

See also

• Ottoman Empire
• Ottoman dynasty
• Ottoman family tree
• Ottoman Emperors family tree (simplified)

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).
• Yavuz Bahadıroğlu, Resimli Osmanlı Tarihi, Nesil Yayınları (Ottoman History with Illustrations, Nesil Publications), 15th Ed., 2009, ISBN 978-975-269-299-2 (Hardcover).