| Consort: | yes |
| Saliha Dilaşub Sultan | |
| Succession: | Valide Sultan of the Ottoman Empire |
| Reign: | 8 November 1687 – 4 December 1689 |
| Predecessor: | Turhan Sultan |
| Successor: | Emetullah Rabia Gülnuş Sultan |
| Succession2: | Haseki Sultan of the Ottoman Empire |
| Reign2: | 1642 – 8 August 1648 |
| Predecessor2: | Ayşe Sultan |
| Successor2: | Emetullah Rabia Gülnuş Sultan |
| Spouse: | Ibrahim |
| Spouse-Type: | Consort of |
| Issue: | Suleiman II |
| Full Name: | Turkish: Saliha Dilaşub Sultan Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928);: آشوب سلطان |
| Birth Name: | Katarina |
| Birth Place: | Serbia |
| Death Place: | Edirne Palace, Edirne, Ottoman Empire |
| Burial Place: | Süleymaniye Mosque, Istanbul |
Saliha Dilaşub Sultan (Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928);: آشوب سلطان; "the devout one" and "queen bee's heart", died 4 December 1689), also known as Aşub Sultan or Aşube Sultan, was a consort of Ottoman Sultan Ibrahim and Valide Sultan to their son Suleiman II.[1]
As per custom she came to the Ottoman Imperial harem via the Ottoman slave trade and her origin is unconfirmed, though her origin is said to have been Serbian, and her original name Katarina.[2]
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 Mehmed, Ibrahim's first son. During Ibrahim's reign her stipend consisted of 1,300 aspers a day.[3] He also gifted the incomes of Bolu Sanjak to her.[4] She was described as a simple-hearted woman of lively and cheerful character.
After the deposition and death of Sultan Ibrahim in 1648, his eldest son, Mehmed IV, 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, 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. [5]
In 1672–1673, she created an endowment at Istanbul.[6]
In 1687, Mehmed was deposed and the throne was overtaken by Suleiman, and Dilaşub became the next valide sultan.
In July 1688, she followed her son to Edirne, 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.
She died in the Edirne Palace on 4 December 1689, having been ill and bedridden for a year. She was buried in the mausoleum of Suleiman the Magnificent in Süleymaniye Mosque, Istanbul.
Together with Ibrahim, Saliha Dilaşub had a son:
It is not known for sure if she had other children, but, if Saliha Dilaşub was indeed Ibrahim's first concubine, she was probably at least the mother of his eldest daughter as well: