Gülüstü Hanım

Gülüstü Hanım (Turkish pronunciation: [ɟylysˈty]; Ottoman Turkish: کلستو خانم‎; born Princess Fatma Chachba; c. 1831 – c. 1865) was the nineteenth wife of Sultan Abdulmejid I, and the mother of Sultan Mehmed VI, the last Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.

In this Ottoman Turkish style name, Gülüstü is the given name, the title is Hanım, and there is no family name.
Gülüstü Hanım
BornPrincess Fatma Chachba
c. 1831
Sukhumi, Abkhazia (present day Georgia)
Diedc. 1865 (aged 33–34)
Eyüp Palace, Eyüp, Constantinople (now Istanbul), Ottoman Empire
Burial
Fatih Mosque, Fatih, Istanbul
SpouseAbdulmejid I
IssueMediha Sultan
Mehmed VI
Full name
Turkish: Gülüstü Hanım
Ottoman Turkish: کلستو خانم‎
HouseShervashidze (by birth)
Ottoman (by marriage)
FatherTahir Chachba
MotherAfişe Lakerba
ReligionSunni Islam

Life

Gülüstü Hanım was born in 1831 in Sukhumi, Abkhazia. Born as Fatma Chachba, she was a member of the Abkhazian princely family, Shervashidze. Her father was Prince Tahir Bey Chachba,[1] and her mother was Afişe Hanım Lakerba.[2] She was the granddaughter of Kelesh Ahmed-Bey Shervashidze, head of state of the Principality of Abkhazia.[3]

Fatma came to Constantinople (now known as Istanbul) with her family in 1831, where her father died in 1832. At the age of ten, she was entrusted to the imperial harem, where her name according to the custom of the Ottoman court was changed to Gülüstü. She then became a lady-in-waiting to Bezmiâlem Sultan.[2]

Gülüstü married Abdulmejid in August 1854.[2] She was elevated to the title of "Fifth Fortunate". In 1856, she was given the title of "Fourth Fortunate". On 30 July 1856, she gave birth to her first child, a daughter, Mediha Sultan.[4][5] Five years later on 14 January 1861, she gave birth to her third child, a son, Şehzade Mehmed Vahideddin (future Mehmed VI).[6]

Death

After Abdulmejid's death in 1861, Gülüstü Hanım moved to a waterfront palace located at Eyüp, where she died in 1865, in an outbreak of cholera.[7] She was buried in her own mausoleum located in Fatih Mosque, Fatih, Constantinople, today in Istanbul.[8][9] As soon as her son succeeded the throne, he visited her tomb. [10]

Issue

Together with Abdulmejid, Gülüstü had two children:

See also

References
  1. Aredba, Rumeysa; Açba, Edadil (2009). Sultan Vahdeddin'in San Remo günleri. Timaş Yayınları. p. 73. ISBN 978-9-752-63955-3.
  2. Açba 2007, p. 43.
  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.
  4. Uluçay 2011, p. 229.
  5. Kahya 2012, p. 4.
  6. Tucker, Spencer (2005). World War I: Encyclopedia, Volume 1. ABC-CLIO. p. 779. ISBN 978-1-851-09420-2.
  7. Bardakçı, Murat (2017). Neslishah: The Last Ottoman Princess. Oxford University Press. pp. 5, 6. ISBN 978-9-774-16837-6.
  8. Açba 2007, p. 44.
  9. Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 602-3.
  10. Uluçay 2011, p. 215.

Sources
  • Uluçay, M. Çağatay (2011). Padişahların kadınları ve kızları. Ötüken. ISBN 978-9-754-37840-5.
  • Açba, Harun (2007). Kadın efendiler: 1839-1924. Profil. ISBN 978-9-759-96109-1.
  • 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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