Ismihan Sultan

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Ismihan Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: اسمیخان سلطان; also Esmehan Sultan; 1545 – 8 August 1585) was an Ottoman princess, daughter of Sultan Selim II (reign 1566–74) and his chief consort, Haseki Sultan and legal wife Nurbanu Sultan. She was the granddaughter of Suleiman the Magnificent (reign 1520–66) and his favourite consort Hürrem Sultan, sister of Sultan Murad III (reign 1574–95) and the aunt of Sultan Mehmed III (reign 1595–1603). She was the wife of the renowned Ottoman Grand Vizier Sokollu Mehmed Pasha.

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