Beyhan Sultan

Beyhan Sultan (; "leader of Kings", died 1559), also known as Peykhan Sultan, was an Ottoman princess, daughter of Selim I and probably Ayşe Hafsa Sultan. She was the sister of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent. Marriage In 1513, Beyhan Sultan married vizier Damat Ferhat Pasha. However, on 1 November 1524, Ferhet Pasha quelled the rebellion of Janberdi and was executed on the orders of her brother Suleiman the Magnificent. She was alienated from her brother and refused to remarry and lived in a self exile from Istanbul in her palace at Skopje. Beyhan Sultan's loyalty to her husband surpassed her loyalty to her family, which was a rare occasion. Ferhat was executed on the grounds of rapacious and ruthless conduct in the provinces which he was assigned. Through the intercession of Suleiman's mother Ayşe Hafsa Sultan, Ferhat had been pardoned after his first offences, but he continued to provoke the complaints from his constituents, the sultan ordered him executed. After 1524, she was remarried to Mehmed Pasha, with whom she had a daughter, Esmehan Hanımsultan (sometimes she is indicated as daughter of Ferhad).