Mahitab Kadın
| Mahitab Kadın مھتاب قادین | |||||||||
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| Empress consort of the Ottoman Empire | |||||||||
| Tenure | 1845 - 25 June 1861 | ||||||||
| Empress dowager of the Ottoman Empire | |||||||||
| Tenure | 25 June 1861 - 1888 | ||||||||
| Born | c. 1830 Makhachkala, Russia | ||||||||
| Died | c. 1888 (aged 57 - 58) Yıldız Palace, Yıldız, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire | ||||||||
| Burial | Yahya Efendi Cemetery | ||||||||
| Spouse | Abdülmecid I | ||||||||
| Issue | Sabiha Sultan Şehzade Ahmed Nureddin Zekiye Sultan Fehime Sultan | ||||||||
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| House | House of Osman (by marriage) | ||||||||
| Father | Hişam Bey | ||||||||
| Mother | Malika Hanım | ||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||
Mahitab Kadın (c. 1830 – c. 1888) was the Empress consort of Sultan Abdülmecid I of the Ottoman Empire.
Biography
Mahitab Kadın was born in 1830 to a Circasssian notable, Hişam Bey and his wife Malika Hanım.[1] Her real name was Nuriye. At a very young age she along with her sisters and brothers was taken from Russia to Istanbul, where she was delivered at the court of the Ottoman Sultan. She was one of the rare Chechen girls to have entered the palace.
Şevknihak Hanım, who was the Hazinedar Usta in the harem of Abdülmecid I, was the sister of her father, Hişam Bey and subsequently the aunt of Mehtab Kadın Efendi. Her brothers were brought up out of the palace by Ali'ebru Hanım. In the palace Mehtab was given private education. However, soon the Sultan Abdülmecid took notice of Mehtab and they married in 1845.
Three years after the marriage she gave birth to Sabiha Sultan and then in 1848 to Şehzade Ahmed Nureddin Efendi.[2] In 1870 she was visited by Şeyh Şamil along with her family. Şeyh Şamil was always supported by Mehtab Kadın Efendi. After 1880 she started residing in the Yıldız Palace, where she was loved and respected by Sultan Abdul Hamid II. She died in 1888 in her mansion located in Yıldız Palace park and was buried in Yahya Efendi cemetery.[3]
References
- ^ Bir Çerkes prensesinin harem hatıraları. L & M. 2004. ISBN 978-9-756-49131-7.
- ^ "Genealogy of the Ottoman Royal Family".
- ^ Christopher Buyers. "The Royal Ark – Royal and Ruling Houses of Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas". 4dw.net.