Hibetullah Sultan

Hibetullah Sultan was born on 16 March 1789 in the Topkapı Palace. Her father was Sultan Abdul Hamid I, and her mother was Şebsefa Kadın. She was the youngest child of her parents and the youngest child of her father, who died a month after her birth. She had a brother Şehzade Mehmed Nusret, six years elder then her, two sisters, Alemşah Sultan, four years elder then her, and Emine Sultan, one year elder then her. After her father's death in 1789, she and her mother settled in the Old Palace. In 1801, when Hibetullah was twelve years old, her cousin Sultan Selim III betrothed her to their cousin Sultanzade Alaeddin Pasha, the son of Seyyid Ahmed Pasha and Hatice Sultan, daughter of Mustafa III. The marriage took place on 3 February 1803. The couple were given Kadırga Palace as their residence.