Mahitab Kadın

Mahitab Kadın
مھتاب قادین
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
Full name
Turkish: Mahitab Kadın
English: Mahitab Qadin
Ottoman Turkish: مھتاب قادین
Posthumous name
Merhume ve Mağfurun-leha Cennetmekan Firdevs-i aşiyan Devletlü Ismetlü Beşinci Mahitab Kadın Efendi Hazretleri
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

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