Mahitab Kadın | |||||
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Born | 1830 Chechnya | ||||
Died |
c. 1888 Feriye Palace, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire (present day Istanbul, Turkey) | ||||
Burial | Imperial ladies Mausoleum,
New Mosque, Istanbul | ||||
Spouse | |||||
Issue | Sabiha Sultan Şehzade Ahmed Nureddin | ||||
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House | Ottoman (by marriage) | ||||
Religion | Sunni 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.
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]
Name | Birth | Death | Notes |
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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] |