Mezidimestan Kadın

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In this Ottoman Turkish style name, the given name is Mezidimestan, the title is Kadın, and there is no family name.
Mezidimestan Kadın
BornMerve Mikanba
c. 1869
Died21 January 1909(1909-01-21) (aged 39–40)
Yıldız Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (modern-day Istanbul, Turkey)
Burial
Yahya Efendi Cemetery, Istanbul
Spouse
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(m. 1885)​
IssueŞehzade Mehmed Burhaneddin
Names
Turkish: Mezidimestan Kadin
Ottoman Turkish: مزیدمستان قادین‎
HouseMikanba (by birth)
Ottoman (by marriage)
FatherKaymat Bey Mikanba
ReligionSunni Islam

Mezidimestan Kadın (Ottoman Turkish: مزیدمستان قادین‎; born Merve Mikanba; c. 1869 – 21 January 1909) was the seventh wife of Sultan Abdul Hamid II of the Ottoman Empire.

Early life[]

Mezidimestan Kadın was born in 1869.[1] Born as Merve Mikanba,[2] she was a member of Abkhazian noble family Mikanba. Her father was Kaymat Bey Mikanba.[2] She had been brought to Istanbul when she was young, where she was entrusted to the entourage of Sultan Murad V. Here her name according to the custom of the Ottoman court was changed to Mezidimestan.[3]

Marriage[]

Mezidimestan married Abdul Hamid on 2 February 1885 at the Yıldız Palace.[4] She was given the title of "Fifth Kadın". On 19 December 1885, after ten months of the wedding, she gave birth to her only son, Şehzade Mehmed Burhaneddin.[5] Mehmed Burhaneddin was the most favourite son of Abdul Hamid.[6]

In 1895, she was elevated to the title of "Fourth Kadın",[5] and in 1901, she was elevated to the title of "Third Kadın". Abdul Hamid had presented her a villa located on the grounds of Yıldız Palace.[7] She was beautiful, had black eyes, black eyebrows, and thick black hair.[3]

Death[]

Mezidimestan died of stomach cancer,[3] on 21 January 1909, just three months before the overthrow of Abdul Hamid, at the age of thirty-nine in the Yıldız Palace, and was buried in Yahya Efendi Cemetery, Istanbul.[5]

Issue[]

Name Birth Death Notes
Şehzade Mehmed Burhaneddin 18 December 1885[8][5][9] 29 May 1949[8][9] married four times, and had issue, two sons

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Açba 2004, p. 33 n. 14.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Akyıldız, Ali (2019). Son Dönem Osmanlı Padişahlarının Nikâh Meselesi. p. 697.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c Örik, Nahid Sırrı (2002). Bilinmeyen yaşamlarıyla saraylılar. Türkiye İş Bankası. pp. 128–29. ISBN 978-9-754-58383-0.
  4. ^ Açba 2007, p. 134.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Uluçay 2011, p. 248.
  6. ^ Açba 2007, p. 135.
  7. ^ Açba 2004, p. 33.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b Osmanoğlu 2000, p. 262-63.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b Brookes 2010, p. 279.

Sources[]

  • Açba, Leyla (2004). Bir Çerkes prensesinin harem hatıraları. L & M. ISBN 978-9-756-49131-7.
  • 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.
  • Uluçay, M. Çağatay (2011). Padişahların kadınları ve kızları. Ötüken. ISBN 978-975-437-840-5.
  • Osmanoğlu, Ayşe (2000). Babam Sultan Abdülhamid. Mona Kitap Yayinlari. ISBN 978-6-050-81202-2.
  • Sakaoğlu, Necdet (2008). Bu Mülkün Kadın Sultanları: Vâlide Sultanlar, Hâtunlar, Hasekiler, Kandınefendiler, Sultanefendiler. Oğlak Yayıncılık. ISBN 978-6-051-71079-2.
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