Şah Sultan (daughter of Selim II)

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Şah Sultan
Bornc. 1543
Karaman, Ottoman Empire
Died3 November 1580(1580-11-03) (aged 36–37)[1]
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(present day Istanbul, Turkey)
Burial
Spouse
Çakırcıbaşı Hasan Pasha
(m. 1562; died 1574)
Zal Mahmud Pasha
(m. 1575)
IssueSecond marriage
Fülane Hanımsultan
Sultanzade Köse Hüsrev Pasha
HouseOttoman
FatherSelim II
MotherNurbanu Sultan
ReligionSunni Islam

Şah Sultan (

Hurrem Sultan, sister of Sultan Murad III (reign 1574–95) and aunt of Sultan Mehmed III
(reign 1595–1603).

Life

Şah Sultan was born in 1543 in Karaman,[1] when her father was still a prince. Her mother was Nurbanu Sultan. She was the eldest child of her parents.[2][3]

In 1562, strong alliances were made for the daughters of Şehzade Selim, the prince who would succeed Suleiman as Selim II. On 17 August 1562,

Piyale Pasha, and Şah the chief falconer Hasan Agha.[4] The State Treasury covered the expenses for the imperial wedding and granted 15,000 florins as a wedding gift to the imperial son-in-law.[5][6]
Şah and Hasan didn't have issue.

After the death of Hasan Agha in 1574, Şah Sultan married Zal Mahmud Pasha in 1575. Apparently, this was a love marriage chosen by Şah.[7] This union was said to be a very happy one, as the couple was well suited for each other. They had a daughter and a son.[5]

Death

The tombs of Şah Sultan and her husband Zal Mahmud Pasha in Eyüpsultan

Şah Sultan died on 3 November 1580, and was buried in the mosque she and her husband built.[1] It was said that Şah and her husband fell ill at the same time, lay in their deathbeds together, and expired at the same very moment. In reality, he died 12 days after her, and was buried with Şah.[5]

Issue

Şah had a daughter and a son from her second marriage:

  • Fülane Hanımsultan (1575 - ?). She married Abdâl Hân and she had two sons.
  • Sultanzade Köse Husrev Pasha (1576/1577 - ?), who died in war versus the Persians.

References

  1. ^ a b c Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 275.
  2. ^ Uluçay 2011, p. 70.
  3. ^ Peirce 1993, p. 92.
  4. ^ Peirce 1993, p. 67.
  5. ^ a b c Peirce 1993, p. 68.
  6. ^ Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 274.
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