Zafire Hatun

Zafire Hatun (c. 1620s – 1645/1646), also referred to as Zafira and by several other names, was a slave concubine in the Ottoman Imperial Harem who was a favourite of sultan Ibrahim in the early 1640s. She was presented to the sultan by chief eunuch Sünbül Ağa, and some sources describe her as the eunuch's slave or wife. When she was in the harem, she gave birth to a son named Osman, but it is unclear whether he was fathered by Ibrahim or whether Zafire had already been pregnant before entering the harem. She was also a wet nurse to future sultan Mehmed IV.

While Zafire was en route to Mecca on a pilgrimage in 1644, the ship she was on was captured by the Knights Hospitaller in a naval battle. Sünbül Ağa was killed in the engagement, and she and Osman were taken to Hospitaller Malta. Tensions from their capture led to the outbreak of the Cretan War. Zafire died of unknown causes shortly after her arrival in Malta, and Osman was subsequently raised on the island and became a Catholic friar.