Hafsa Sultan, was a concubine of Selim I and the mother of Suleiman the Magnificent. She was the first Valide Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and during the period between her son's enthronement in 1520
Bust of Hafsa Sultan, Manisa, Turkey
The külliye built on the orders of Hafsa Sultan in Manisa. It is part of the adjoining Sultan Mosque
The entrance to the türbe of Hafsa Sultan
Suleiman I, commonly known as Suleiman the Magnificent, was the Ottoman sultan from 1520 to 1566. The longest reign among the Ottoman sultans, his rule brought about a notable peak in the Ottoman Empi
Hafsa Sultan
…Hafsa Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: حفصه سلطان; 1478/1479 - 19 March 1534), was a concubine of Selim I and the mother of Suleiman the Magnificent. She was the first Valide Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and during the period between her son's enthronement in 1520 until her death in 1534, she was…
Portrait attributed to circle of Titian and dated to after 1543
Suleiman by Nakkaş Osman (painted in 1579)
King John Sigismund of Hungary with Suleiman in 1556
Siege of Szigetvár by Johann Peter Krafft, 1825