Gevherhan Sultan (daughter of Ahmed I)

Gevherhan Sultan
Born	1608 Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Died	1660 (aged 51-52) Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Spouse	Öküz Mehmed Pasha Topal Recep Pasha
Names Gevherhan Sultan
House	House of Osman
Father	Ahmed I
Mother	Kösem Sultan
Religion	Islam

Gevherhan Sultan (ca. 1608 – 1660, Ottoman Turkish: گوھرخان سلطان, other names Güvherhan) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Ottoman Sultan Ahmed I (reign 1603-17) and his favourite consort Kösem Sultan. She was the niece of Sultan Mustafa I (reign 1617-18 and 1622-23) and sister of Sultans Osman II (reign 1618-22), Murad IV (reign 1623-40), and Ibrahim (reign 1640-48).

The father of Gevherhan Sultan, Ahmed I.

Biography

Gevherhan Sultan was one of the four daughters of Ahmed I by Kösem Sultan (Other's being Ayşe Sultan, Fatma Sultan and Hanzade Sultan), who contracted multiple marriages that six times during their lifetime resulted in the promotion of their spouses to the office of grand vizier. Gevherhan held the record among her siblings by her betrothal to three grand viziers: Öküz Mehmed Pasha, Topal Recep Pasha, and Siyavuș Pasha.

In 1619 she was married firstly to grand vizier Öküz Mehmed Pasha and became widow by his death. On her marriage to Mehmed Pasha the guests were entertained by Egyptian shadow players. Among these was the famous Davud el-attar (Menavi), whom Ahmed I had seen perform in Edirne, In 1624 she was married secondly to Topal Recep Pasha and again became widow by his death. After Receb's death she was betrothed to Siyavuș Pasha, but he died before the marriage could take place. She had a son by her first husband and a daughter by her second husband. She died in 1660.

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).