Who is Ibrahim Pasha's real wife? Hatice or Muhsine?

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Ibrahim Pasha is one of the most prominent and powerful figures during the reign of Suleiman I. He went down in history as a talented military leader and effective statesman. Hundreds of videos have been made about him and thousands of articles have been written. We know a lot about Ibrahim, but we know practically nothing about his personal life.
In 1524, magnificent celebrations took place on the occasion of Ibrahim Pasha's marriage. Sultan Suleiman was present at the celebration and presented the newlyweds with a huge palace. The festivities lasted for 7 days, and large sums from the state treasury were spent.
A luxurious wedding and an expensive gift from the Sultan gave reason to assume that Ibrahim married the Sultan's sister, Hatice.
This version was taken as a basis by the creators of the historical series "The Magnificent Century", showing the romantic love between Hatice and Ibrahim, but in reality this romantic fairy tale did not exist. At the time of Ibrahim's wedding, Hatice was already married to the Second Vizier of the Ottoman Empire.
Also, not a single historical document attaches the title "damat" to the name of Ibrahim Pasha, which is due to the son-in-law of the Sultan.
At the time of filming the series "The Magnificent Century", there was very little information about Ibrahim's wife. There were many versions and speculations about her identity. Some historians believe that the Pasha even had several wives.
And then for the first time a love letter from a woman named Muhsine to Ibrahim was studied. The letter did not answer who this woman was? Who is she? A wife or a mistress?
The scriptwriters decided to introduce the character of Ibrahim Pasha's mistress into the series, but they named her not Muhsine, but Nigar.
Thanks to this letter, fans of the series were able to enjoy the beautiful romantic, and at the same time tragic love story of Ibrahim and Nigar.
It has now been documented that Muhsine was Ibrahim Pasha's wife.
She is the granddaughter of the famous Ottoman military leader Mihaloglu Iskender Pasha. He is a direct descendant of the Byzantine Michael Kosses, who converted to Islam and was a devoted ally of Osman Gazi.
As a child, Ibrahim Pasha was kidnapped by pirates and sold to the house of Mihaloglu Iskender Pasha in Manisa. It was there that Ibrahim and Muhsine met. Despite the fact that Ibrahim was a slave, he was taken care of and given an excellent education. Ibrahim read a lot, was interested in various sciences, and could play musical instruments.
It is known that Muhsine tried to refuse marriage with Ibrahim, not wanting to marry a former slave of her family, but changed her mind.
There is evidence that the marriage of Ibrahim Pasha was actually concluded in 1523, shortly after he took office as Grand Vizier, and the celebrations were postponed until the spring of the following year in anticipation of favorable weather conditions for holding the ceremony with a large number of guests in the open air.
The young couple settled in a huge palace that Sultan Suleiman gave them.
Valide Sultan and Hurrem became friends with Ibrahim's family and communicated often.
Several letters from Ibrahim and Muhsine have survived. From their correspondence, it can be established that the spouses had a tender and trusting relationship. In one of the letters, Ibrahim's wife apologizes for going to the palace without his permission to offer condolences on the occasion of the death of the Valide Sultan.
In a reply letter, Ibrahim wrote to Muhsine that if she were invited to a celebration while he was on an expedition, she should not go to the palace, but it was permissible to offer condolences. Ibrahim Pasha's style of expression in his letter makes one think that he was jealous. Perhaps Ibrahim Pasha did not want his wife to be in the palace while he was participating in a military campaign, in order to prevent an incident similar to the one when the wife of the Grand Vizier Fatih Mahmud Pasha spent the night in the house of the Sultan's wife and was dishonored by the Sultan's son.
Muhsine bore Ibrahim a son, Mehmed, who would die in 1539, three years after his father's execution. Whether his death was violent or from natural causes, history does not mention, nor does it provide further information about Mukhsina herself.