Adila Khatun

Adila Khatun (Arabic:عادلة خاتون; died 1768) was a noblewoman of Ottoman Iraq. She was the daughter of Baghdad's governor between 1723 and 1747 Ahmad Pasha and the wife of his successor, Sulayman pasha, who governed in Baghdad from 1749 to 1761 She was well known for her charity work and her sponsorship of building projects, most notable among them the Adila Khatun Mosque which bears her name.

Life Adila's date of birth is not known; some sources place her birth as early as 1700, based on her marriage date and that of her younger sister. Historians speculate it's around 1717.

Adila died in 1768, she was buried alongside her father and grandfather near the Abu Hanifa Mosque. In 1934, her remains were moved to the courthouse she sponsored after it was rebuilt.