Mahivech Hanim Explained

Consort:	yes
Mahivech Hanim
Issue:	Ibrahim Ilhami Pasha
House:	Muhammad Ali (by marriage)
Full Name:	Arabic: مھوش هانم Turkish: Mehveş Hanım|italic=no
Death Date:	13 November 1889
Death Place:	Cairo, Egypt
Place Of Burial:	Mahmud Hamdi Pasha Mausoleum, Cairo

Mahivech Hanim (Arabic: مھوش هانم; Turkish: Mehveş Hanım; died 13 November 1889) was the first consort of Abbas I of Egypt (1812-1854),^[1] and mother of Ibrahim Ilhami Pasha (1836-1860).^[2]

Mahivech married Abbas Hilmi, and gave birth to the couple's only child, a son, Prince Ibrahim Hilmi Pasha^{[3] [4]} on 3 January 1836.^[5] She was widowed at Abbas Hilmi's death in July 1854. Her son died in September 1860, when his boat capsized while crossing the Bosphorus, near Bebek Palace, at what is now Bebek Bay.^{[5] [6]}

Since the early 1860s, Mehvish Hanim, lived in Aksaray, Fatih, Istanbul.^[7] In 1870, she sponsored the rebuilding of Aksaray Oğlanlar Tekke, which had been left ruined since 1840.^[8] In 1871–72, she sponsored a fountain in the courtyard of Murad Pasha Mosque in Aksaray.^[9]

Mahivech Hanim died on 13 November 1889, and was buried in the mausoleum of Mahmud Hamdi Pasha, Cairo, Egypt.^[10]

See also

• List of consorts of the Muhammad Ali Dynasty
• Muhammad Ali Dynasty family tree

Notes and References

1. Hoiberg, Dale H., ed. (2010). "Abbas I (Egypt)". Encyclopædia Britannica. I: A–Ak - Bayes (15th ed.). Chicago, IL: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. .
2. Book: Hassan, Hassan. In the House of Muhammad Ali: A Family Album, 1805-1952. American Univ in Cairo Press. 2000. 139. 978-9-774-24554-1.
3. Book: Doumani, Beshara. Family History in the Middle East: Household, Property, and Gender. SUNY Press. February 1, 2012. 261, 270. 978-0-791-48707-5.
4. Web site: زوجات حكام مصر من عهد محمد على حتى عهد الملك فاروق الاول - فاروق مصر. www.faroukmisr.net. 2020-12-07.
5. Book: Adra, Jamil. Genealogy of the Imperial Ottoman Family 2005. 2005. 8.
6. Book: Hassan, Hassan. In the House of Muhammad Ali: A Family Album, 1805-1952. American Univ in Cairo Press. 2000. 103. 978-9-774-24554-1.
7. Book: Işli, Necdet. Aksaray the heart of Istanbul. İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kültür İşleri Daire Başkanlığı. 2008. 41. 978-9-944-37045-5.
8. Book: Yıldırım, Rıdvan. Uluslararası Melâmilik ve Seyyid Muhammed Nûru'l-Arabî Sempozyumu Bildirileri. Tika Kültür Yayınları. 2016. 178. 978-9-751-96501-1.
9. Book: Largılı, Abdullah. Kitabelerin Kitabı Fatih - Fatih ilçesi Türk İslam Devri Kitabeler Envanteri. Fatih belediyesi. 2016. 134.
10. Web site: I.Abbas Paşa Vali of Misir (Egypt), Sudan, Hicaz and Taşoz. 3 December 2020.