She was born in 1453 as the daughter of Alaüddevle Bozkurt Bey, the eleventh ruler of the Dulkadirids centered around Elbistan in Maraş.
Sitti Mükrime hatun was born in 1435 in Elbistan the Kahramanmaraş Province of Turkey, into the Dulkadir State as a Dulkadir princess, one of the daughters of Süleyman Bey, the sixth ruler of Dulkadir State.