Background
She was the granddaughter of Suleiman the Magnificent (reign 1520-1566) and his favourite consort and legal wife Hürrem Sultan, sister of Sultan Murad III (reign 1574-1595) and aunt of Sultan Mehmed III (reign 1595-1603).
She was the granddaughter of Suleiman the Magnificent (reign 1520-1566) and his favourite consort and legal wife Hürrem Sultan, sister of Sultan Murad III (reign 1574-1595) and aunt of Sultan Mehmed III (reign 1595-1603).
On 1 August 1562 Suleiman celebrated the triple wedding of his heir Selim"s daughters Esmahan, Gevherhan and Şah to Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, Piyale Pasha and Hasan Agha respectively. After the death of Hasan Agha in 1574, Şah Sultan married Damat Zal Mahmud Pasha, who might have been Şehzade Mustafa"s executioner, altrough this is uncertain. The union of Şah Sultan to Zal Mahmud is said to be a very happy one.
They were suited to each another.
lieutenant was said that, that they fell ill at the same time, lay in their deathbeds together, and expired at the same very moment. She died in September 1580.
