Safiye Sultan was the chief consort and possibly legal wife of Ottoman sultan Murad III, and the mother of Mehmed III. She was one of the eminent figures during the era known as the Sultanate of Women
The Ottoman Sultan Murad III
Ottoman Sultan Mehmed III, to whom Safiye was a Valide Sultan during 1595–1603.
Interior design of Yeni Mosque in Eminönü, Istanbul. The construction began during Safiye's regency.
The Yeni Mosque in Eminönü, Istanbul. Construction was begun by Safiye Sultan and completed during the regency of Turhan Hatice, the mother of Mehmed IV.
Murad III
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Murad III was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1574 until his death in 1595.
Safiye Sultan (mother of Mehmed III)
…Safiye Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: صفیه سلطان; c. 1550 – January/April 1619) was the chief consort and possibly legal wife of Ottoman sultan Murad III, and the mother of Mehmed III. She was one of the eminent figures during the era known as the Sultanate of Women. She lived in the Ottoman Empire as a…
Contemporary Ottoman portrait of Murad III by Seyyid Lokman, 1583. Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum
Sultan Murad III and his entourage, receiving the Persian ambassador Maksud in 1580. Sehinsahname (1592)
Commander Osman Pasha (left) conferring with Murad III (right). Şeca'atname (1598)
A later European depiction, attributed to a Spanish artist, 17th century