Esma Sultan (daughter of Ahmed III)

Esma Sultan
Born14 March 1726
Topkapı Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(present day Istanbul, Turkey)
Died13 August 1788(1788-08-13) (aged 62)
Kadırga Palace, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Burial
Muhsinzade Mehmed Pasha Mausoleum, Eyüp, Istanbul
Spouse
  • Yakub Pasha
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    ​
    (m. 1743; died 1743)​
  • Yusuf Pasha
    ​
    (died 1751)​
    Muhsinzade Mehmed Pasha
    ​
    ​
    (m. 1758; died 1774)​
IssueThird marriage
Zeynep Hanımsultan
DynastyOttoman
FatherAhmed III
MotherHanife Kadın or Zeyneb Kadın
ReligionSunni Islam

Esma Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: اسما سلطان; "supreme"; 14 March 1726 – 13 August 1788), also called Büyük Esma (Esma "the elder"),[1] was an Ottoman princess, daughter of Sultan Ahmed III and one of his consort, Hanife Kadın or Zeyneb Kadın. She was the half-sister of Sultans Mustafa III and Abdul Hamid I.[2]

  1. ^ Uluçay 2011, p. 138.
  2. ^ Sicil-i Osmani, Mehmet Süreyya Bey, Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları, ISBN 975-333-038-3 Istanbul, 1996.