Saliha Dilaşub Sultan (, "''the devout one''" and "''queen bee's heart''"; - 4 December 1689), also known as Aşub Sultan or Aşube Sultan, was a consort of Ottoman Sultan Ibrahim and

Valide Sultan Valide Sultan (, lit. "Sultana mother") was the title held by the mother of a ruling sultan of the Ottoman Empire. The Ottomans first formally used the title in the 16th century as an epithet of Hafsa Sultan (died 1534), mother of Sultan Suleima ...

to their son Suleiman II.

Origin

Saliha Dilaşub Sultan was of unknown origins. She came to the

Ottoman Imperial Harem The Imperial Harem () of the Ottoman Empire was the Ottoman sultan's harem – composed of the concubines, wives, servants (both female slaves and eunuchs), female relatives and the sultan's concubines – occupying a secluded portion (serag ...

by the

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Consort

She became the first concubine of Ibrahim after his rise at the throne and on 15 April 1642, gave birth to her only certain son, Şehzade Suleiman (the future Suleiman II) and she became the second Haseki after Turhan Sultan, mother of

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, Ibrahim's first son. During Ibrahim's reign her stipend consisted of 1,300 aspers a day. He also gifted the incomes of

Bolu Sanjak Sanjak of Bolu () was a sanjaks of the Ottoman Empire, sanjak of the Ottoman Empire. In the 1864 Ottoman Empire administrative reorganization, Bolu was created as an independent sanjaks of the Ottoman Empire, sanjak, administratively part of the K ...

to her. She was described as a simple-hearted woman of lively and cheerful character.

After the death of Ibrahim

After the deposition and death of Sultan Ibrahim in 1648, his eldest son,

Mehmed IV Mehmed IV (; ; 2 January 1642 – 6 January 1693), nicknamed as Mehmed the Hunter (), was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1648 to 1687. He came to the throne at the age of six after his father was overthrown in a coup. Mehmed went on to b ...

, born by Turhan Sultan and only three months older than Suleiman, ascended the throne, after which Saliha Dilaşub settled in the Old Palace. This brought her thirty-nine years of imprisonment in the Old Palace. In 1651, the conflict Turhan Sultan and

Kösem Sultan Kösem Sultan (; 1589 – 2 September 1651), also known as Mahpeyker Sultan (;), was the Haseki sultan, Haseki Sultan as the chief consort and legal wife of the List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman Sultan Ahmed I, Valide sultan, Vali ...

, mother of Ibrahim, could have changed her fortune in that she could become the Valide Sultan herself. Kösem was planning to kill her daughter-in-law and dethrone Mehmed with the help of some high officers in the yeniçeri corps, and to place Şehzade Suleiman on the throne, because Kösem thought that he and his mother were more controllable. However, Meleki Hatun warned Turhan, who managed to strangle her mother-in-law with the help of the eunuchs in the Harem in 1651. Saliha Dilaşub herself was spared from execution since she was not suspected in plotting against Turhan and Mehmed. In 1672–1673, she created an endowment at Istanbul. In 1687, Mehmed was deposed and the throne was overtaken by Suleiman, and Dilaşub became the next

valide sultan Valide Sultan (, lit. "Sultana mother") was the title held by the mother of a ruling sultan of the Ottoman Empire. The Ottomans first formally used the title in the 16th century as an epithet of Hafsa Sultan (died 1534), mother of Sultan Suleima ...

. In July 1688, she followed her son to

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, reuniting with him after 39 years of separation, in which she was only allowed to see him twice a year on the occasion of festive celebrations. Her son honored her with a splendid settlement procession and the awarding of a large number of precious jewels, including a pair of pearl and diamond earrings.

Death

She died in the

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on 4 December 1689, having been ill and bedridden for a year. She was buried in the mausoleum of

Suleiman the Magnificent Suleiman I (; , ; 6 November 14946 September 1566), commonly known as Suleiman the Magnificent in the Western world and as Suleiman the Lawgiver () in his own realm, was the List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman sultan between 1520 a ...

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Issue

Together with Ibrahim, Saliha Dilaşub had a son: * Suleiman II (

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, Istanbul, 15 April 1642 -

, 22 June 1691, buried in

, Istanbul). Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.

In popular culture

*In the 2010 Turkish historical film ''Mahpeyker: Kösem Sultan'', Saliha Dilaşub Sultan is portrayed by Turkish actress Gökcan Gökmen. *In the 2015 Turkish historical non-fiction TV series '' Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem'', Saliha Dilaşub Sultan is portrayed by Turkish actress Ece Güzel.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dilasub Sultan Year of birth unknown 1689 deaths 17th-century consorts of Ottoman sultans Valide sultan Concubines of Ottoman sultans 17th-century slaves in the Ottoman Empire Haseki Sultan