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Mihrimah Anak Perempuan Suleyman dan Hurrem Sultan

Mihrimah lahir sekitar 1522, anak kepada Suleyman (d.1566) bersama isteri beliau Hurrem Sultan (d.1558). Mihrimah adalah isteri Rustem Pasha (1561). Mihrimah meninggal dunia pada 1578 (wiki).

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Mihrimah was the only daughter of the Ottoman sultan Süleyman I and his favorite concubine, later his wife, Hurrem. This paper argues that Mihrimah’s gender allowed her to form a unique relationship with her father. Mihrimah’s marriage to Rüstem Pasha, who became grand vizier in 1544 gave Mihrimah, Rustem and Hurrem together more influence over Süleyman than any other faction during his reign.  They worked to promote to positions of authority their closest relatives, such as Rustem’s brother, Sinan Pasha, appointed admiral in 1550 despite his inexperience in naval matters and his difficulty in working with experienced seamen. Their influence led to the execution of Süleyman’s eldest son, Mustafa, who was the son of his first favorite, because their future power and prosperity depended on one of Hurrem’s sons inheriting the throne. Succession struggles arose between Hurrem’s sons, but since Mihrimah could not inherit the sultanate, she developed a closer relationship with her father than her brothers.

Mihrimah became advisor to the sultan when Hurrem died. Mihrimah advised Süleyman to attack the Knights of Malta, offering to equip 400 ships at her own expense. That Mihrimah had the wealth to fund such an enormous fleet suggests the extent of the resources she controlled. Mihrimah was allowed to construct pious foundations in Istanbul. An inscription over the door of the mosque built in her name by her father claimed that Mihrimah was “patron of pious foundations, protector of the state and the world and the faith, the princess … daughter of … Sultan Süleyman Khan…”

 Mihrimah was the only one of Süleyman’s children to be buried with him in his türbe, highlighting that in death as in life she had a unique relationship with her father that was only possible because she was a daughter.

Hurrem Sultan Mosque and Complex

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The Haseki Sultan Mosque designed by the famous architect Mimar Sinan was built in 1539 in Istanbul. The mosque was extended eastward at the start of 17th century in 1613 by Hasan Bey, the trustee of the foundation. The building was damaged in the fires of 1660 and 1918 and in the earthquake of 1894 but was reconstructed each time. The whole complex or kulliye of Haseki Sultan Mosque consists of a madrasa, a hospital (Haseki Dar al-Shifa), and a soup kitchen (imaret). The Haseki Dar al-Shifa was also built by Mimar Sinan in 1539 for Sultana Hürrem. The building is still used as a polyclinic by Haseki State Hospital.

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