Şah Sultan (daughter of Selim I)
daughter of Sultan Selim I and Ayşe Hafşa Sultan.
Şah Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: شاه سلطان, also known as Şahıhuban, Şahi and Devlet Şah; c. 1500 – 1572) was an Ottoman princess, daughter of Sultan Selim I and Ayşe Hatun. She was the half-sister of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent.
Biography
She married Lütfi Pasha in around 1523. He was a historian, and author, and entered the palace through the child levy, that is, the forced Ottoman recruitment of some of the Empire's Christian children, who were converted and trained as janissaries. After 1512, he served as a governor in Anatolian and the Balkan provinces, actively participating in the initial siege of Vienna in 1529. His career continued to ascend as he received promotions, overseeing the beylerbeyliks of Karaman, Anatolia, and Rumelia from 1533 onwards. By 1536-37, Lütfi Pasha had become a vizier, ultimately reaching the zenith of his career in 1539 when he assumed the prestigious role of grand vizier. The two together had a daughter.
In 1541, she initiated a divorce from Lütfi Pasha, due to his involvement in a disturbing incident concerning the cruel treatment of a prostitute, which involved the mutilation of her genitals as punishment. Historian Mustafa Ali's account highlights that when Şah objected, Lütfi insisted on persisting with such punishments for prostitutes and resorted to physically assaulting the princess when she expressed her displeasure.
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