Mother Hurrem Sultan Name Sehzade Cihangir | Religion Islam House Ottoman dynasty | |
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Burial Sehzade Mosque, Istanbul Father Suleiman the Magnificent Role Suleiman the Magnificent\'s son Died November 27, 1553, Aleppo, Syria Siblings Sehzade Mustafa, Sehzade Bayezid, Mihrimah Sultan Parents Roxelana, Suleiman the Magnificent Nieces Ayse Humasah Sultan, Gevherhan Sultan, Nergissah Sultan, Ismihan Sultan, Fatma Sultan Similar People Sehzade Bayezid, Sehzade Mustafa, Roxelana, Suleiman the Magnificent, Mihrimah Sultan | ||
Şehzade Cihangir (9 December 1531– 27 November 1553) was the sixth and youngest child of the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and his wife Hürrem Sultan. From birth, he had many health issues and developed a humped back. He was very well educated and said to be one of the cleverest of his siblings and half-siblings. Reports suggest that he later died of "grief" at the news of the execution of his elder half-brother, Mustafa, ordered by his father, Sultan Suleiman.
The Istanbul neighborhood of Cihangir was named after Şehzade Cihangir when his father had Mimar Sinan build a wooden mosque there overlooking the Bosphorus to commemorate his death. The neighborhood's name comes from this mosque.
In the television series Muhteşem Yüzyıl, Cihangir is played by Turkish actor Tolga Sarıtaş.