Born, Ahmed Şemseddîn’dir, he became known as Karahisari after his place of birth, Karahisar. His date of birth is uncertain but is around 1468 or 1469.Atıl, E., The Age of Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent, National Gallery of Art, 1987, p. 47 Very little is known about his early life. In the early Bayezid era, he went to Istanbul for his education and remained there for the rest of his life.
