Ismihan Sultan was an Ottoman princess, daughter of Sultan Selim II and of the his favorite, Haseki and legal wife Nurbanu Sultan. She was the granddaughter of Suleiman the Magnificent and his favourite consort and legal wife Hürrem Sultan, sister of Sultan Murad III and aunt of Sultan Mehmed III.
Opening pages from the Qur'an probably meant for the Selim I (1512–1520), perhaps to celebrate his conquest of Mamluk Egypt and Syria in 1517. Seventy years later this luxurious manuscript was dedicated to the mausoleum of her father, Selim II (1566–1574), by great-granddaughter of Selim I, Ismihan Sultan. Dated September 1517. Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum
Selim II, also known as Selim the Blond or Selim the Drunkard, was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1566 until his death in 1574. He was a son of Suleiman the Magnificent and his wife Hurrem Sultan. Selim had been an unlikely candidate for the throne until his brother Mehmed died of smallpox, his half-brother Mustafa was strangled to death by the order of his father and his brother Bayezid was killed on the order of his father after a rebellion against him and Selim.
Selim's portrait c. 1570
Selim's circumcision, 1530
Selim ascends the throne.
The Battle of Lepanto, Laureys a Castro
