Ayşe Hümaşah Sultan


Ayşe Hümaşah Sultan was an Ottoman princess, the only daughter of Mihrimah Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Rüstem Pasha. She was granddaughter of Suleiman the Magnificent and his favorite consort and legal wife, Hurrem Sultan.

Biography

She was born in Istanbul in 1542, she was her parents' first child and only daughter, and possibly her grandparents' first grandchild as well. She had several brothers, whose number and names are though contested. Like her cousin Hüma Şah Sultan, she was reportedly beloved by their grandfather. Around 1557 she married Şemsi Ahmet Pasha future Grand vizier, and with him had at least eight children. She was also the grandmother of Semiz Mehmed Pasha.
Ayşe Hümaşah was politically active, being the wife of a Grand Vizier and the daughter of the greatest princess, Mihrimah Sultan. She was also her mother's only heir, and not only did she inherit her vast wealth but her pious foundations as well, which were then transmitted to her sons, per Mihrimah's will. Probably following her mother's path, she was close to Safiye Sultan during the reign of Murad III.
Şemsi Ahmet Pasha died in 1580 and Ayşe Hümaşah on 6 April 1582, married Ahmed Ferîdûn Pasha inside the Ibrahim Paşa Palace, but the marriage lasted only 11 months because the pasha died on 16 March 1583.
Ayşe Hümaşah died in 1595 and was buried in the complex Şeyh ‘Azîz Mahmûd Hüdâyî Efendi, in Üsküdar, near the mosque of her mother Mihrimah Sultan or buried in Mihrimah Sultan Mosque in Edirnekapi

Issue

Ayşe Hümaşah had four sons and two daughters by her first husband;