page_title: Hafsa Sultan
section_title: Life
hierarchical_section_title: Hafsa Sultan / Life
caption_attribution_description: 16th century en:hospice (Dar al-Shifa, Darüşşifa) and mental hospital (bimaristan) built in en:Manisa, Turkey, by en:Ayşe Hafsa Sultan, wife of the Ottoman sultan en:Selim I and mother of en:Süleyman the Magnificent.
context_page_description: Hafsa Sultan was the wife of Selim I and the first valide sultan of the Ottoman Empire as the mother of Suleiman the Magnificent. During the period between her son's enthronement in 1520 and her death in 1534, she was one of the most influential persons in the Ottoman Empire.
context_section_description: Having resided in the city of Manisa in western Turkey with her son, Suleiman, who administered the surrounding region between 1513 and 1520 (the town functioned as one of the traditional residences for Ottoman crown princes (şehzade) in apprenticeship for future power), Hafsa Sultan initiated the Manisa's "Mesir Festival", a local tradition continued today. She also had a large complex built in the city consisting of a mosque known as the Sultan Mosque, a primary school, a college, and a hospice.
  She was also the first Ottoman imperial women who held title "sultan" after her given name, replacing title "hatun". This usage reflected the Ottoman conception of sovereign power as "family prerogative". Consequently, the title valide hatun (title for living mother of the reigning Ottoman sultan before 16th century) also turned into valide sultan, making Hafsa the first valide sultan. Her era signalled the shifting status of the sultan's mother and her increased share in power.
  She was also the first harem woman confirmed to have a  kira - Strongilah.
caption: The külliye built on the orders of Hafsa Sultan in Manisa. It is part of the adjoining Sultan Mosque
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