Mihrimah Sultan

Mihrimah Sultan (, "sun and moon" or "light of the moon") was an Ottoman princess, daughter of Sultan Murad III (reign 1574–1595) and Safiye Sultan, and sister of Sultan Mehmed III (reign 1595–1603) of the Ottoman Empire. Birth The Ottoman Register indicates that in 1595, when her father died, she was among his eldest daughters, which indicates that she may have been the daughter of Safiye Sultan. If that is true, she was not born before 1578-79. It would also make sense if she was born shortly after the death of Mihrimah Sultan, a daughter of Suleiman the Magnificent, in whose honor she was named. If she was Safiye's daughter, she had at least three full brothers, Mehmed III, Şehzade Selim and Şehzade Mahmud, and three full sisters, Hümaşah Sultan, Ayşe Sultan and Fatma Sultan. Marriages Mihrimah married firstly in 1594 to Elvendzade Ali Pasha, governor of Baghdad. After he was killed in battle in 1599, she was remarried by her brother Mehmed III to Mirahur Ahmed Pasha. After marriage, Mehmed III appointed him as governor of Mosul. During reign of Ahmed I, Ahmed Pasha held post as governor of Rumelia until 1614, and later as governor of Damascus.