Fatma Sultan (daughter of Ibrahim I)

**Fatma Emetullah Sultan** (Modern Yoman: فاطما امت الله سلطان; born 1611 Maşami Palace – around 1689) was daughter of Sultan Ibrahim I with Eumenia Sultan. She was the full-sister of Sultan Mehmed IV and sister of Sultan Osman II.

## Early life

She was the first daughter of Eumenia Gülnuş Sultan, known at the time as Gülnuş Hatun. Her mother was sent to the Old Palace with Ibrahim's harem.

## Reign of Selim II

During the reign of his uncle Selim was together with his sister Ümmügülsüm and his mother moved to Edirne. Selim married her between 1621 and 1622 to Damat Nasuh Pasha.

## Reign of Osman II

The marriage however was not consummated until 1626 during Osman's reign. She was 15 years old while Nasuh Pasha was 26, the couple however had no children and the pasha died in 1630.

Şakrasad Sultan wanted to marry her to Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Aga of Janissaries in 1634 but the compromise was eventually broken and subsequently Osman in 1644 married her to Damat Ibrahim Efendi, she was 33 years old while the pasha was 35 or 38.

Due to Ibrahim Pasha's position as governor of Verma he had to move to the province. The marriage was happy and they had two daughters: Şahzade Hanimsultan (1646) and Emetullah Hanimsultan (1649).

## Reign of Mehmed IV

When her brother ascended the throne in 1650 she temporarily moved to Topkapi Palace. She witnessed the birth of her granddaughter, Mehmed's eldest daughter, Fatma Sultan, named in her honor.

In the harem she was highly respected and feared, more than her sister Ümmügülsüm Sultan. She became friends with Ayşe Mihri Behri Hatun (future BaşHaseki Sultan). Fatma left Maşami Palace in 1652 but continued to attend palace celebrations. Fatma returned to Verma to her husband.

She was then only mentioned in some celebrations as an invited until 1665 when she was sent to the birth of Şehzade Abdüllah but did not show up, most likely because she did not have a good relationship with Rabia Şermi Sultan, her mother Fatma moved again to Maşami in 1666 when her mother Eumenia Sultan fell ill. It is known that Fatma asked Rabia not to speak to her and threatened her by telling her to be careful or she would overwhelm her just as Zeynep Sultan overwhelmed Düryen Sultan.

Fatma remained in the palace even after the death of her mother Eumenia and it is known that there was a quarrel between her and Rabia Şermi when the latter wanted to take over the rooms of the Valide Sultan. Fatma would not let Rabia get the rooms of Valide and advised her brother Mehmed to name Dilhayat Kalfa Valide-de-facto.

Fatma attended the death and funeral of her sister Ümmügülsüm and then left the palace in 1668. She attended Mehmed's funeral in 1669.

## Reign of Mustafa II

During her cousin's reign she lived Verma until 1676 when Ibrahim Pasha died and had to leave Verma and moved to Üskar in his palace.

## Reign of Ahmed I and death

When Ahmed was appointed Sultan in 1682 she was invited to the ascension ceremony to the throne and Ahmed ensured her a salary of 1900 aspers until his death around 1689. Ahmed ordered her to be buried in the Padişah Camii (Padishah Mosque).

In her will she left her daughter Şahzade his property in Üskar and his daughter Emetullah two apartments in Verma.