Şah Sultan ( ota, شاه سلطان 1507 – 1572) was an Ottoman princess, daughter of

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Selim I Selim I ( ota, سليم الأول; tr, I. Selim; 10 October 1470 – 22 September 1520), known as Selim the Grim or Selim the Resolute ( tr, links=no, Yavuz Sultan Selim), was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520. Despite last ...

and Ayşe Hatun, and sister of

Suleiman the Magnificent Suleiman I ( ota, سليمان اول, Süleyman-ı Evvel; tr, I. Süleyman; 6 November 14946 September 1566), commonly known as Suleiman the Magnificent in the West and Suleiman the Lawgiver ( ota, قانونى سلطان سليمان, Ḳ� ...

. She was a prominent figure during her brother's reign.

Biography

She was raised in Manisa and married in 1523 to the future

Grand Vizier Grand vizier ( fa, وزيرِ اعظم, vazîr-i aʾzam; ota, صدر اعظم, sadr-ı aʾzam; tr, sadrazam) was the title of the effective head of government of many sovereign states in the Islamic world. The office of Grand Vizier was first ...

and sufic

Lütfi Pasha Lütfi Pasha ( ota, لطفى پاشا, ''Luṭfī Paşa''; Modern Turkish: ''Lütfi Paşa'', more fully ''Damat Çelebi Lütfi Paşa''; 1488 – 27 March 1564, Didymoteicho) was an Ottoman Albanian statesman, general, and Grand Vizier of the O ...

. Her spouse became Grand Vizier in 1539, she wielded a great power in

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. The couple had a daughter named Esmihan 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

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. 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, 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. Later, she built a school in Silivrikapı. She also dedicated her lands which were assigned to her by her brother

. She died in 1572 and was buried in her own mosque.

Depictions in literature and popular culture

In the TV series ''

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'', Şah Sultan is played by Turkish actress

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References

Sources

* * Peirce, Leslie P., The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire,

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, 1993, (paperback). 1509 births 1572 deaths Daughters of Ottoman sultans 16th-century Ottoman royalty Suleiman the Magnificent 16th-century women of the Ottoman Empire {{MEast-royal-stub

Biography

Depictions in literature and popular culture

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