Özet:

In the Ottoman sultanate tradition, the sultan’s daughters were generally rewarded with important assignments or special allocations when they reached the age of ten. When they reached the age of engagement or marriage, they were most often married to pashas who could be considered wealthy, usually in ostentatious ceremonies. Saliha Sultan married for the first time at the age of 13. She had a child about a year after her marriage and was widowed for the first time in 1731 with the death of Mustafa Pasha. From this date until his death, he had a total of five marriages. In this study, the life story of Saliha Sultan and the history of the foundations she established between 1738–1778, still extant today, are discussed based on information found in the chronicles and archive sources of the period.