In 1717, when Fatma was thirteen, Ahmed arranged her marriage to
Nevşehirli Ibrahim Pasha. For the wedding, Ibrahim received a sable fur coat from the sultan on February 22, 1717. The wedding took place on 22 February 1717 in
Edirne. Ibrahim Pasha was fifty years old at that time, older than her father, and had divorced his first wife in order to marry the princess. The marriage was consummated only a few years later, as Fatma was too young. Just over a year later, Ibrahim Pasha took over as grand vezir on 9 May 1718. Despite the age difference, the marriage was very happy. Ibrahim was very much in love with his wife and was happy to grant her every request, while Fatma was famous for being incredibly jealous of her husband and constantly asked her father to tell her if he was faithful to her or not. By 1724 Ibrahim Pasha and Fatma had several palaces at different locations. Following their marriage in 1717, the one across from the Kiosk of Processions on the landwalls of the Topkapı Palace, which had long housed many grand vezirs, grew into a monumental complex as Ibrahim Pasha and Fatma continued to annex nearby palaces, and busied themselves with restoring and rebuilding them. Ibrahim Pasha stated his longing for Fatma Sultan with a poem. Pasha explains this love and sorrow in one place: She was described as having had a large political influence on both her father, who left the ruling to her husband, and on her husband, the Grand Vizier. Some sources regard her as the real ruler of the later part of the
Tulip era. She often acted as an intermediary between foreign ambassadors and her father or husband. A French ambassador complained that obtaining his favor was the only way to obtain an audience with the sultan and the Grand Vizier. Fatma favored the French and intervened several times on their behalf. She obtained the release of an imprisoned French consul, who in exchange gave her three diamond buttons. In addition, she introduced certain French customs and behaviors to the court, including fashion. She was said to have assisted the
Marquis de Villeneuve, French ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1728 to 1741, in favour of an Ottoman policy benefitting to French interests during the
Russo-Austrian-Turkish War (1735–1739). She has been referred to as the last really influent princess of the
Ottoman Empire. The couple lived for several years during Tulip Age (Lâle Devri), an era associated with the reign of Sultan Ahmed III and characterized by courtly extravagance. They had four children: two sons and two daughters. Fatma Sultan was widowed in 1730, when her husband Ibrahim Pasha, who was sixty-four years old, was killed during the
Patrona Halil revolt, which led to the deposition of her father Sultan Ahmed. She was twenty-six years old. After the revolt and the ascension to the throne of her nephew
Mahmud I, son of
Mustafa II, her possessions and wealth were seized and she was exiled to the
Çırağan Palace, because the government feared that she might act to put her father back on the throne. ==Issue==