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Şah Sultan
Born1509
Manisa, Ottoman Empire
Died1572 (aged 62-63)
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Burial
Yavuz Selim Mosque, Istanbul
SpouseLütfi Pasha (m. 1523; div. 1541)
IssueEsmehan Baharnaz Sultan
Neslihan Sultan
HouseHouse of Osman
FatherSelim I
MotherAyşe Hatun[1] the First wife of Selim I
ReligionIslam

Şah Sultan (1509–1572) (Ottoman Turkish: شاه سلطان) was an Ottoman princess, daughter of Sultan Selim I from his first wife Ayşe Hatun[1] and half-sister of Suleiman the Magnificent.

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

Biography

She was raised in Manisa and married in 1523 to the future Grand Vizier and sufic Lütfi Pasha. Her spouse became Grand Vizier in 1539. The couple had two daughters named Esmehan Baharnaz Sultan (wife of Şehzade Mehmed and mother of Hümaşah Sultan) and Neslihan Sultan. In 1541, she divorced her spouse, who was also deposed from his position. The divorce took place on her initiative, allegedly because of her husband's punishment of a woman for adultery. Lütfi Pasha ordered the cutting of an extremity of an adultress and this led to a dispute between the Pasha and Şah Sultan. As the argument got heated, Lütfi Pasha gave Şah Sultan a beating. Following the incident, Şah Sultan got the Pasha beaten by her servants and complained to her brother, Kanuni Sultan Suleiman, and requested a divorce. This led to the deposition of Lütfi Pasha from his position as the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire.

She had the Şah Sultan-mosque built in 1556.

Depictions in literature and popular culture

In the TV series Muhteşem Yüzyıl, Şah Sultan is played by Turkish actress Deniz Çakır.

See also

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).

References

  1. ^ a b The Imperial House of Osman - 4,

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