Esmehan Hanımsultan

Esmehan Hanımsultan was daughter Şah Sultan and Lütfi Paşa, and granddaughter of Sultan Selim I.[1]

Esmehan Hanımsultan
Bornc. 1524
Died1556
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(present day Istanbul, Turkey)
Burial
Şah Sultan Tomb
SpouseHüseyn Pasha
IssueNeslıhan Hanımsultan
Vasfıhan Hanımsultan
DynastyOttoman
FatherLütfi Pasha
MotherŞah Sultan
ReligionSunni Islam

Biography

She was only child of her parents. In 1540s, she was married to some Hüseyn Pasha with whom she had two daughters:

  • Neslıhan Hanımsultan; married, often confused as the daughter of Şah Sultan
  • Vasfıhan Hanımsultan; married to Küçük Ömer Ağa, with whom she had a son, Ahmed Bey.[2][3]

Death

When she died in 1556,she was buried in her mother's tomb which was completed by the same year.

References
  1. Necdet Sakaoğlu, Bu Mülkün Kadın Sultanları, Oğlak Publishing, 4th edition, p. 154
  2. Çağlarboyu Anadolu'da kadın: Anadolu kadının 9000 yılı, 1993, p. 228.
  3. Şah Sultan was reccorded to have visited her vakfiye in 1569 with her grand-grandchildren.
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