Atike Sultan (daughter of Ahmed III)
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Topkapı Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Cağaloğlu Palace, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
| Atike Sultan | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 29 February 1712 Topkapı Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire | ||||
| Died | 2 April 1737 (aged 25) Cağaloğlu Palace, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire | ||||
| Burial | Mausoleum of Turhan Sultan, New Mosque, Istanbul | ||||
| Spouse |
Nevşehirli Mehmed Pasha
(m. 1724) | ||||
| Issue | Sultanzade Fülan Bey | ||||
| |||||
| Dynasty | Ottoman | ||||
| Father | Ahmed III | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
Atike Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: عتیقه سلطان; 29 February 1712 – 2 April 1737) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Sultan Ahmed III. She was half-sister of Mustafa III and Abdul Hamid I.
Birth
Atike Sultan was born on February in the Topkapı Palace. Her father was Sultan Ahmed III.[1][2]
Marriage
On 6 January 1724,[3] her father betrothed her to Mehmed Pasha, the son of Grand vizier Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha and his first wife.[4][5] On 21 February 1724 the betrothal gifts presented by Mehmed Pasha were transported from the palace of the grand vezir to the Imperial Palace,[6] and the marriage contract was concluded the same day. In same day, also her half-sisters Ümmügülsüm Sultan and Hatice Sultan married. Ten days later, on 13 March, Atike's trousseau, and on 16 March Atike Sultan herself were transported from the Topkapı Palace to her palace at Cağaloğlu Palace, located on the Divanyolu street. By her marriage she had a son.[7]
Charity
In 1728–29, Atike's father commissioned a fountain in Üsküdar in her name.[8][9]
