Mahitab Kadın

Mahitab Kadın
Born1830
Chechnya
Diedc. 1888
Feriye Palace, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
(present day Istanbul, Turkey)
Burial
Imperial ladies Mausoleum, New Mosque, Istanbul
Spouse
(m. 1845; died 1861)
IssueSabiha Sultan
Şehzade Ahmed Nureddin
Names
Turkish: Mahitab Kadın
Ottoman Turkish: مهتاب قادین
HouseOttoman (by marriage)
ReligionSunni Islam

Mahitab Kadın (Ottoman Turkish: مهتاب قادین; 1830 – c. 1888; meaning "moonlight"[1]), called also Mehtab Kadın, was a consort of Sultan Abdulmejid I of the Ottoman Empire.

Life

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Mahitab married Abdulmejid in 1845. She was given the title of "Second Ikbal". Three years later, on 15 April 1848, she gave birth to her first child, a daughter, Sabiha Sultan in the Old Çırağan Palace. The princess died a year later on 27 April 1849.[2]

In 1850, she was elevated to the title of "Senior Ikbal". Two years later on 31 March 1852, she gave birth to her second child, a son, Şehzade Nureddin in the Old Çırağan Palace.[3]

In early 1853, she was elevated to the title of "Fifth Kadın", an honorary rank because she was one of favorite Abdülmejid's consort.[4] In 1858–59, she sponsored a mosque in Göynük.[5]

After Abdulmejid's death on 25 June 1861, Mahitab settled in the Feriye Palace with her eleven years old son, Şehzade Nureddin.[3] Her son, Nureddin died in 1884 at the age of thirty two.[3] She died in 1888 in the Feriye Palace,[6] and was buried in the mausoleum of the imperial ladies in the New Mosque, Istanbul.[3]

Issue

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Name Birth Death Notes
Sabiha Sultan 15 April 1848[2][7] 27 April 1849[2][7] born in Çırağan Palace;[2] Buried in New Mosque[2]
Şehzade Ahmed Nureddin 31 March 1852[3][7] 3 January 1884[3] married once without issue[8]

In literature

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  • Mahitab is a character in Hıfzı Topuz's historical novel Abdülmecit: İmparatorluk Çökerken Sarayda 22 Yıl: Roman (2009).[9]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Argit, Betül Ipsirli (October 29, 2020). Life after the Harem: Female Palace Slaves, Patronage and the Imperial Ottoman Court. Cambridge University Press. p. 66. ISBN 978-1-108-48836-5.
  2. ^ a b c d e Uluçay 2011, p. 226.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Uluçay 2011, p. 210.
  4. ^ Uluçay 2011, pp. 228–289 n. 74, 76.
  5. ^ Mehmet Kılıç (20 May 2019), "Göynük Mâhitâb Kadın Efendi (Mehtap Hatun) Camisi/Goynuk Mahitab Kadın Efendi (Mehtap Hatun) Mosque", www.avanosarastirmalari.com, retrieved 22 October 2020
  6. ^ Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 600.
  7. ^ a b c Paşa 1960, p. 145.
  8. ^ Sakaoğlu, Necdet (2001). Avrupalılaşmanın yol haritası ve Sultan Abdülmecid. DenizBank. p. 238. ISBN 978-9-757-10450-6.
  9. ^ Hıfzı Topuz (2009). Abdülmecit: İmparatorluk Çökerken Sarayda 22 Yıl: Roman. Remzi Kitabevi. p. 145. ISBN 978-975-14-1357-4.

Sources

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  • Uluçay, M. Çağatay (2011). Padişahların kadınları ve kızları. Ötüken. ISBN 978-9-754-37840-5.
  • Sakaoğlu, Necdet (2008). Bu Mülkün Kadın Sultanları: Vâlide Sultanlar, Hâtunlar, Hasekiler, Kandınefendiler, Sultanefendiler. Oğlak Yayıncılık. ISBN 978-6-051-71079-2.
  • Paşa, Ahmed Cevdet (1960). Tezâkir. [2]. 13 - 20, Volume 2. Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi.