Mihrimah Sultan was the daughter of the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman I and his wife Hürrem Sultan.
Background
She was born in Constantinople. Mihrimah traveled throughout the Ottoman Empire with her father as he surveyed the lands and conquered new ones. lieutenant is written in Persian literature that she traveled into battle with her father on an Arabian stallion called Batal at the Battle of Gizah in northern Egypt outside Alexandria.
Career
Mihrimah Sultan"s name is also spelled Mihrumah, Mihr-î-Mâh, Mihrî-a-Mâh or Mehr-î-Mâh. Mehr-î-Mâh means "Sun (lit clemency, compassion, endearment, affection) and Moon". Though the union was unhappy, Mihrimah flourished as a patroness of the arts and continued her travels with her father until her husband"s death.
In Ottoman Turkey, the valide sultan traditionally had access to considerable economic resources and often funded major architectural projects.
Mihrimah Sultan"s most famous foundations are the two Istanbul-area mosque complexes that bear her name, both designed by her father"s chief architect, Mimar Sinan. Mihrimah Mosque at the Edirne Gate, at the western wall of the old city of Constantinople, was one of Sinan"s most imaginative designs, using new support systems and lateral spaces to increase the area available for windows.
The second mosque is the İskele Mosque, which is one of Üsküdar"s most prominent landmarks. She died in Constantinople on 25 January 1578 and was buried in Süleymaniye Mosque.
Her elder brother, Mehmed, died in 1543.
She also had four younger brothers: Abdullah (died in 1525), Selim (died in 1574), Bayezid (died in 1561), and Cihangir (died in 1553). In the 2011–2014 television series Muhteşem Yüzyıl, she is portrayed by Pelin Karahan.