1. Ismihan Sultan was an Ottoman princess, daughter of Sultan Selim II and his favorite concubine, Haseki Sultan and legal wife Nurbanu Sultan.
11 Facts About Ismihan Sultan
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Ismihan Sultan was the granddaughter of Suleiman the Magnificent and his favourite consort and legal wife Hurrem Sultan, sister of Sultan Murad III and aunt of Sultan Mehmed III.
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Ismihan Sultan was the daughter Sehzade Selim, son of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and Hurrem Sultan and his favorite concubine, and later Haseki and legal wife, Nurbanu Sultan.
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Ismihan Sultan spent her early life in Manisa and Konya, where her father served as a sanjak-bey.
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In 1575, just after her brother Ismihan Sultan Murad ascended to the throne, her daily stipend consisted of 300 aspers.
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Ismihan Sultan's newborn son, Mahmud, would outlive her by no more than fifty days.
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From her first marriage, Ismihan Sultan had a daughter and three sons:.
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Ismihan Sultan commissioned a mosque located near the Hippodrome, bearing Sokollu Mehmed Pasha's name.
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Ismihan Sultan's husband was responsible for the religious college and dervish hostel associated with it.
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Ismihan Sultan commissioned another mosque in her name in Mangalia, Romania.
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Ismihan Sultan endowed a library in her own madrasa in Eyup.