Mahfiruz Hatun

Mahfiruz Sultan
Detail from a painting depicting the enthronement of Osman II, by a European artist, 17th century. Mahfiruz Sultan is wearing a gold crown and is surrounded by her maids of honor.
Valide Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
(Empress Mother), Disputed
Tenure26 February 1618 – 26/28 October 1620 or 20 May 1622
PredecessorHalime Sultan
SuccessorHalime Sultan
Haseki Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
(Chief Consort)
TenureJanuary 1604 – unknown
PredecessorSafiye Sultan
SuccessorAyşe Sultan
Bornc. 1590
Caucasus
DiedBetween 1610 and 1628 (aged 20–38)
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Burial
Consort ofAhmed I
IssueOsman II
Gevherhan Sultan (?)
Şehzade Bayezid
Şehzade Hüseyn
Şehzade Süleyman (?)
Names
Turkish: Hatice Mahfiruz Sultan
Ottoman Turkish: ماہ فروز خاتون
ReligionSunni Islam
(converted)

Hatice Mahfiruz Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: ماه فروز خاتون, "glorious moon" or "daytime moon" or "turquoise moon"; also called Mahfiruze Sultan; c. 1590 – between 1610 and 1628) was firstly a concubine, and then the first Haseki Sultan of Ottoman sultan Ahmed I and mother and maybe Valide Sultan to his firstborn son, Osman II.