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Gülistü Kadin, called also Gülüstü Kadin, Gülistu Hanim or Gülüstu Hanim (Turkish pronunciation: [ɟylysˈty]; Ottoman Turkish: کلستو خانم; "garden rose"; born Princess Fatma Chachba; 1830 - c. 1861) was a consort of Sultan Abdulmejid I, and the mother of Sultan Mehmed VI, the last Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.

Life

Born as Fatma Chachba, Gülistü Kadin was a member of an Abkhazian princely family. Her father was Prince Tahir Bey Chachba. She was a relative of Kelesh Ahmed-Bey Shervashidze, head of state of the Principality of Abkhazia. She was described as a tall woman.

Gülistü married Abdulmejid in 1854, and was given the title of "Fourth Ikbal", and, in 1860, of "Fourth Kadın". On 26 February 1855 She give birth two twins daughters, Zekiye and Fehime Sultan. On 30 July 1856, she gave birth to her third child, a daughter, Mediha Sultan. Five years later on 14 January 1861, she gave birth to her fourth child, a son, Şehzade Mehmed Vahideddin (future Mehmed VI). She was the favorite daughter-in-law of Bezmiâlem Sultan.

Death

She died in 1861, shortly after the birth of her last child. She was buried in her own mausoleum located in Fatih Mosque, Fatih, Constantinople.

After her death, her daughter Mediha Sultan was entrusted in the care of Verdicenan Kadın, and her son Mehmed was entrusted in the care of Şayeste Hanım.

Having died before her son ascended the throne, she was never Valide sultan.

Issue

Name	Birth	Death	Notes
Zekiye Sultan	26 February 1855	19 February 1856	Twin sister of Fehime, buried in Tomb of Gülistü Kadin
Fehime Sultan	26 February 1855	10 November 1856	Twin sister of Zekiye, buried in Tomb of Gülistü Kadin
Mediha Sultan	30 July 1856	7 November 1928	Married twice, and had issue, a son
Mehmed VI Vahideddin	14 January 1861	16 May 1926	36th and last Sultan of the Ottoman Empire

In literature

Gülistü is a character in Hıfzı Topuz's historical novel Abdülmecit: İmparatorluk Çökerken Sarayda 22 Yıl: Roman (2009).

References

^ Açba & Açba 2004, p. 107 n. 17.
Açba & Açba 2004, p. 106.
Aredba, Rumeysa; Açba, Edadil (2009). Sultan Vahdeddin'in San Remo günleri. Timaş Yayınları. p. 73. ISBN 978-9-752-63955-3.
Tuna, Mahinur (2007). İlk Türk kadın ressam: Mihri Rasim (Müşfik) Açba : 1886 İstanbul-1954 New-York. As Yayın. p. 28. ISBN 978-9-750-17250-2.
^ Uluçay 2011, p. 229.
^ Kahya 2012, p. 4.
Tucker, Spencer (2005). World War I: Encyclopedia, Volume 1. ABC-CLIO. p. 779. ISBN 978-1-851-09420-2.
^ Bardakçı, Murat (2017). Neslishah: The Last Ottoman Princess. Oxford University Press. pp. 5, 6. ISBN 978-9-774-16837-6.
Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 602-3.
Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 630.
^ Uluçay 2011, p. 228.
^ Paşa 1960, p. 145.
^ Paşa 1960, p. 146.
^ Brookes 2010, p. 284.
Uluçay 2011, p. 231.
^ Brookes 2010, p. 291.
Hıfzı Topuz (2009). Abdülmecit: İmparatorluk Çökerken Sarayda 22 Yıl: Roman. Remzi Kitabevi. p. 145. ISBN 978-975-14-1357-4.

Sources

Uluçay, M. Çağatay (2011). Padişahların kadınları ve kızları. Ötüken. ISBN 978-9-754-37840-5.
Açba, Leyla; Açba, Harun (2004). Bir Çerkes prensesinin harem hatıraları. L & M. ISBN 978-9-756-49131-7.
Sakaoğlu, Necdet (2008). Bu Mülkün Kadın Sultanları: Vâlide Sultanlar, Hâtunlar, Hasekiler, Kandınefendiler, Sultanefendiler. Oğlak Yayıncılık. ISBN 978-6-051-71079-2.
Kahya, Özge (2012). Sultan Abdülmecid'in kızı Mediha Sultan'ın hayatı (1856–1928).
Brookes, Douglas Scott (2010). The Concubine, the Princess, and the Teacher: Voices from the Ottoman Harem. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-78335-5.
Paşa, Ahmed Cevdet (1960). Tezâkir. . 13 - 20, Volume 2. Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi.

v t e Mothers of the Ottoman Sultans
Halime Hatun Malhun Hatun Nilüfer Hatun Gülçiçek Hatun Devlet Hatun Emine Hatun Hüma Hatun Gülbahar Hatun Gülbahar Hatun Hafsa Sultan Hürrem Sultan Nurbanu Sultan Safiye Sultan Handan Sultan Halime Sultan Mahfiruz Hatun Kösem Sultan Turhan Sultan Saliha Dilaşub Sultan Muazzez Sultan Gülnuş Sultan Saliha Sultan Şehsuvar Sultan Mihrişah Kadın Şermi Kadın Mihrişah Sultan Sineperver Sultan Nakşidil Sultan Bezmiâlem Sultan Pertevniyal Sultan Şevkefza Kadın Tirimüjgan Kadın Gülcemal Kadın Gülistu Kadın

Mothers of the Ottoman Sultans

v t e Ottoman Dynasty
Ottoman Empire Family tree (simplified) Family tree (detailed) Line of succession List of mothers
Sultans / Caliphs	Osman I Orhan Murad I Bayezid I Interregnum Mehmed I Murad II Mehmed II Bayezid II Selim I Suleiman I Selim II Murad III Mehmed III Ahmed I Mustafa I Osman II Murad IV Ibrahim Mehmed IV Suleiman II Ahmed II Mustafa II Ahmed III Mahmud I Osman III Mustafa III Abdul Hamid I Selim III Mustafa IV Mahmud II Abdulmejid I Abdulaziz Murad V Abdul Hamid II Mehmed V Mehmed VI Abdulmejid II (Caliph only)
Claimants	Savcı Bey Süleyman Çelebi İsa Çelebi Musa Çelebi Mustafa Çelebi Küçük Mustafa Sultan Cem Şehzade Ahmet Şehzade Korkut Şehzade Mustafa Şehzade Bayezid Sultan Yahya Abdulmejid II Ahmed Nihad Osmanoğlu Osman Fuad Osmanoğlu Mehmed Abdülaziz Osmanoğlu Ali Vâsıb Osmanoğlu Mehmed Orhan Osmanoğlu Ertuğrul Osman Osmanoğlu Osman Bayezid Osmanoğlu Dündar Ali Osmanoğlu
Valide sultans	Nilüfer Hatun Devlet Hatun Hüma Hatun Gülbahar Hatun Hafsa Sultan Nurbanu Sultan Safiye Sultan Handan Sultan Halime Sultan Kösem Sultan Turhan Sultan Aşub Sultan Gülnuş Sultan Saliha Sultan Şehsuvar Sultan Mihrişah Sultan Sineperver Sultan Nakşidil Sultan Bezmiâlem Sultan Pertevniyal Sultan Şevkefza Kadın Perestu Kadın
Haseki Sultans	Hürrem Sultan Nurbanu Sultan Safiye Sultan Kösem Sultan Ayşe Sultan Ayşe Sultan Turhan Sultan Muazzez Sultan Aşub Sultan Hümaşah Sultan Şivekar Sultan Gülnuş Sultan Rabia Sultan

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