Draft:Fatma Sultan (daughter of Ibrahim I)

Fatma Sultan
Born	September or December 1642
Died	c. 1657 Topkapi Palace
Burial	Yeni Valide Mosque
Husbands	Musahip Silahdar Yusuf Paşa Musahib Fazlı Paşa
Dynasty	Ottoman
Father	Ibrahim I
Mother	Turhan Sultan
Religion	Sunni Islam

Fatma Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: فاطمہ سلطان‎) was an Ottoman princess, daughter of Ibrahim I of the Ottoman Empire and Turhan Sultan.

She was the sister of Mehmed IV, Suleiman II, Ahmed II of the Ottoman Empire.

Life

Fatma Sultan born in September or December in 1642. She married Musahip Silahdar Yusuf Pasha in 1645, when she was 3 years old. On 22 January 1646, Silahdar Yusuf Pasha was executed.

A month later, she married Musahib Fazlı Pasha. She was given 25,000 ducats in her dowry. Her mother Turhan Sultan, gifted her a silver jewellery box.

After a year of their marriage, Fazlı pasha died of Lung cancer and she moved back to Topkapi Palace.

Death

Fatma Sultan died on 1657. She was buried in the Yeni Valide Mosque.

Charities

Fatma built many monuments in Istanbul. She built an aqueduct near the palace. She built soup kitchens, libraries, schools and mosques in different cities in Ottoman Empire. She also built bakeries and spice shops in Istanbul.

Sources

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• Peirce, Leslie Penn (1993). The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire. Studies in Middle Eastern History. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-507673-8.