Mahitab Kadın Explained

Consort:yes
Mahitab Kadın
Birth Date:1830
Birth Place:Chechnya
Death Date: 1888
Death Place:Feriye Palace, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
(present day Istanbul, Turkey)
Burial Place:Imperial ladies Mausoleum, New Mosque, Istanbul
Issue:Sabiha Sultan
Şehzade Ahmed Nureddin
Full Name:Turkish: Mahitab Kadın|italic=no
Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928);: مهتاب قادین
House:Ottoman (by marriage)
Religion:Sunni Islam

Mahitab Kadın (Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928);: مهتاب قادین; 1830 – 1888; meaning "moonlight"[1]), called also Mehtab Kadın, was a consort of Sultan Abdulmejid I of the Ottoman Empire.

Life

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.

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.

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

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

Issue

Name Birth Death Notes
Sabiha Sultan 15 April 184827 April 1849born in Çırağan Palace; Buried in New Mosque
Şehzade Ahmed Nureddin31 March 18523 January 1884 married once without issue[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Argit, Betül Ipsirli. Life after the Harem: Female Palace Slaves, Patronage and the Imperial Ottoman Court. Cambridge University Press. October 29, 2020. 66. 978-1-108-48836-5.
  2. Book: Sakaoğlu, Necdet. Avrupalılaşmanın yol haritası ve Sultan Abdülmecid. DenizBank. 2001. 238. 978-9-757-10450-6.
  3. Book: Hıfzı Topuz. Abdülmecit: İmparatorluk Çökerken Sarayda 22 Yıl: Roman. 2009. 145. Remzi Kitabevi. 978-975-14-1357-4.