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Ismihan Sultan
Ismihan Sultan (; 1545 – 7 August 1585) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Selim II (reign 1566–74) and Nurbanu Sultan. She was the granddaughter of Suleiman the Magnificent (reign 1520–66) and his favourite consort and legal wife Hürrem Sultan, sister of Sultan Murad III (reign 1574–95) and aunt of Sultan Mehmed III (reign 1595–1603).
Early life.
Ismihan Sultan was born in 1545 in Manisa, when her father was still a prince. Her mother was Nurbanu Sultan.
of Buda, who agreed to the marriage, but when the imperial order came demanding his divorce, his wife's sorrow and suffering were said to have caused the city to revolt. However, the two married in 1584. and had a son, Sultanzade Mahmud Bey born in 1585.
Death.
Ismihan Sultan died in childbed, like her sister Fatma Sultan before her, on 8 August 1585, and was buried in the mausoleum of her father located in Hagia Sophia. Her infant son Mahmud would outlive her for