Fahrihan Sultan

Fahriye Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: فخری سلطان, also Fahri Sultan; – 16 November 1678 ), was an Ottoman princess, daughter of Sultan Murad III (reign 1574–1595) of the Ottoman Empire.

Biography Fahriye Sultan was born around 1594. She couldn't be the daughter of Safiye Sultan - the Haseki Sultan of Sultan Murad III - as in a document dated to 1073 AH (1662), it is mentioned that she was full-sister of Sehime Sultan, another daughter of the Sultan. Their mother being the same unknown woman, she is referred to as Fülane.

In 1595 her father died and her brother, Mehmed III ascended to the throne. In 1603 her brother died and her thirteen-year-old nephew, Ahmed I, ascended to the throne. Ahmed married Fahriye to Çuhadar Ahmed Pasha in 1604. The marriage remained childless and the pasha died in 1618. When Osman II deposed Mustafa I, Fahriye lived in the palace and received the same salary as other members of the dynasty. Her second husband was Sofu Bayram Pasha, Her third husband was Deli Dilaver Pasha.