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Her wedding ceremony and the celebration for her younger brothers Bayezid and Cihangir's circumcision occurred on the same day, the collective festivities lasting fifteen days. The marriage took place on 26 November 1539 in the Old Palace, when Mihrimah was seventeen. Rüstem's enemies circulated a rumour that he had leprosy but the doctor dispatched to Diyarbakır to examine him found this to be untrue, although a louse was found in his clothing, despite the fact that he changed his garments daily. However, Hürrem believed that she should be married to the more handsome governor of Cairo. In 1539, Süleyman decided that Mihrimah should be married to Rüstem Pasha, probably from Croatia, who had been seized through the devshirme and rose to become Governor of Diyarbakır and later, Grand Vizier. Marriage Titian's portrait of Mihrimah, entitled Cameria, Daughter of Suleiman the Magnificent as St. Well-educated and disciplined, she was also sophisticated, eloquent and well-read. Mihrimah had five brothers: Şehzade Mehmed, Şehzade Abdullah, who died at the age of three, Şehzade Selim (the future Selim II), Şehzade Bayezid, and Şehzade Cihangir.

Her mother was Hürrem Sultan, an Orthodox priest's daughter, who was the Sultan's concubine but was freed in 1533 or 1534 and became Suleyman's legal wife.

Mihrimah was born in Constantinople ( Istanbul) in 1522 during the reign of her father, Süleyman the Magnificent. She was also known as Hanım Sultan, which means 'Madam Princess' or Büyük Sultan, which means 'Great Princess', in reference to her prominent role during the reigns of her father Suleiman I, her brother Selim II and her nephew Murad III. Her portrait by Cristofano dell'Altissimo was entitled Cameria Solimani. To Westerners, she was known as Sultana Cameria, which is a variant of Qamariyyah, an Arabic version of her name meaning 'of the moon'. Mihrimah or Mihrümah means 'Sun and Moon', or 'Light of the Moon' in Persian.

In Europe she was known as Sultana Cameria, while in Constantinople she was known as Büyük Sultan (the Great Sultana). She was the most powerful imperial princess in Ottoman history according to historian Mustafa Selaniki who described her as the greatest and most respected princess and a prominent figure in the so-called Sultanate of Women. Mihrimah Sultan ( Ottoman Turkish: مهرماه سلطان, ' sun and moon' or ' light of the moon', Turkish pronunciation: 1522 – 25 January 1578) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Ottoman Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent and his wife, Hürrem Sultan.

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