Şehzade Cihangir

This is an Ottoman Turkish style name. Cihangir is the given name, the title is Şehzade, and there is no family name.

Cihangir
Born	9 December 1531 Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Died	27 November 1553 (aged 21) Konya, Ottoman Empire
Burial	Şehzade Mosque, Istanbul
House	House of Osman
Father	Suleiman the Magnificent
Mother	Hürrem Sultan
Religion	Sunni Islam

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 he later died of "grief" at the news of the execution of his half-brother, Mustafa, ordered by his father, Sultan Suleiman. He was very attached with his elder brother Mustafa.

The Istanbul neighborhood of Cihangir was named after Şehzade Cihangir after 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.

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