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Mahitab Kadın (Ottoman Turkish: مهتاب قادین; 1830 – c. 1888; meaning "moonlight"), 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

In literature

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

See also

• Kadın (title)
• List of consorts of the Ottoman sultans
• Ottoman Imperial Harem

References

1. Argit, Betül Ipsirli (October 29, 2020). Life after the Harem: Female Palace Slaves, Patronage and the Imperial Ottoman Court. Cambridge University Press. p. 66. ISBN 978-1-108-48836-5.
2. ^ Uluçay 2011, p. 226.
3. ^ Uluçay 2011, p. 210.
4. Uluçay 2011, pp. 228–289 n. 74, 76.
5. Mehmet Kılıç (20 May 2019), "Göynük Mâhitâb Kadın Efendi (Mehtap Hatun) Camisi/Goynuk Mahitab Kadın Efendi (Mehtap Hatun) Mosque", www.avanosarastirmalari.com, retrieved 22 October 2020
6. Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 600.
7. ^ Paşa 1960, p. 145.
8. Sakaoğlu, Necdet (2001). Avrupalılaşmanın yol haritası ve Sultan Abdülmecid. DenizBank. p. 238. ISBN 978-9-757-10450-6.
9. 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.
• Sakaoğlu, Necdet (2008). Bu Mülkün Kadın Sultanları: Vâlide Sultanlar, Hâtunlar, Hasekiler, Kandınefendiler, Sultanefendiler. Oğlak Yayıncılık. ISBN 978-6-051-71079-2.
• Paşa, Ahmed Cevdet (1960). Tezâkir. . 13 - 20, Volume 2. Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi.

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

• 1888 deaths
• Consorts of Abdulmejid I