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Gevherhan Sultan

Gevherhan Sultan (: کوھرخان سلطان, meaning "Gem of the Khan"; c. 1605 – c. 1631) was an princess, daughter of Ahmed(reign 1603–1617), and sister of sultans Osman (reign 1618–1622), Murad(1623–1640) and Ibrahim(reign 1640–1648) of the Ottoman Empire.

Born in Istanbul in around 1605, Gevherhan was the eldest daughter of sultan Ahmed. He had named her in honor of his great aunt Gevherhan, who had introduced his mother Handan to his father Mehmed III. She was apparently sultan Osman's full sister.

In the summer of 1612, Gevherhan was married, as arranged by Ahmed, to Öküz Kara Mehmed Pasha, who served as the governor of Egypt from 1607 to 1611, and grand admiral of the Ottoman fleet in 1611. The wedding took place at the Old Palace, and the couple were given the as their residence. Over a seven-month period, the expenses for providing bread, rice, and lamb to wedding guests and the capital's residents amounted to nearly 2,000,000 aspers. Additionally, during the festivities, an unidentified French observer in Istanbul witnessed Gevherhan's opulent dowry, featuring a solid gold bride-crown, a large chest filled with precious stones and jewels, and numerous rolls of silk.

Mehmed served as from 1614 until 1616 under Ahmed, and then again for a few months in 1619 under Osman II. After being dismissed from the office a second time, he died in Aleppo in around 1621. Later in 1622, during in the reign of her brother, Osman II, she married Topal Recap Pasha, who in 1632 served as Grand Vizier under her brother. With Recep Pasha, she had a daughter named Safiye Hanımsultan, born in January 1630, and who in turn married the future Grand Vizier in 1643.

She died in around 1631, and was buried in her father's mausoleum in Blue, Istanbul.