Mihrişah Sultan (mother of Selim III)

Mihrişah Sultan
Valide sultan of the Ottoman Empire
(Queen Mother)
Tenure7 April 1789 – 16 October 1805
PredecessorŞehsuvar Sultan
SuccessorSineperver Sultan
Baş Kadın of the Ottoman Empire
(Chief consort)
Tenure1758/1764 - 21 January 1774
PredecessorLeyla Kadın or
Aynülhayat Kadın
SuccessorAyşe Kadın
Bornc. 1745
Georgia
Died16 October 1805(1805-10-16) (aged 59–60)
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(now Istanbul, Turkey)
Burial
ConsortMustafa III
IssueHibetullah Sultan
Selim III
Fatma Sultan
Names
Turkish: Mihrişah Sultan
Ottoman Turkish: مھرشاہ سلطان
FatherGeorgian Orthodox priest
ReligionSunni Islam

Mihrişah Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: مهرشاہ سلطان; "sun/light of the Şah"; c. 1745 – 16 October 1805), was a consort of Sultan Mustafa III, and the mother of Selim III of the Ottoman Empire, and his Valide sultan for 16 years from 1789 until her death in 1805.