Mezidimestan Kadın

Mezidimestan Kadın (Ottoman Turkish: مزیدمستان قادین‎ 3 March 1869 – 21 January 1909) was the sixth wife of Sultan Abdul Hamid II of the Ottoman Empire.

Mezidimestan Kadın
Born	Kadriye Kamile Mikanba 3 March 1869 Gagra, Abkhazia
Died	21 January 1909(1909-01-21) (aged 39) Yıldız Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (modern-day Istanbul, Turkey)
Burial	Yahya Efendi Cemetery, Istanbul
Spouse	Abdul Hamid II
Issue	Şehzade Mehmed Burhaneddin
Full name Turkish: Mezidimestan Kadin Ottoman Turkish: مزیدمستان قادین‎
House	Ottoman (by marriage)
Father	Kaymat Mikanba
Mother	Feryal Marshan
Religion	Sunni Islam

Early life

Mezidimestan Kadın was born on 3 March 1869 in Gagra, Abkhazia. Born as Kadriye Kamile Mikanba, she was a member of Abkhazian noble family Mikanba. Her father was Kaymat Bey Mikanba, and her mother was Princess Feryal Hanım Marshan, an Abkhazian. She was the first cousin of Nazikeda Kadın.[1]

In 1876, she had been brought to Istanbul as a young child, where her uncle entrusted her to the imperial harem together with her cousins Emine, Daryal and Naciye, cousins Amine (1872 - 1946), Rumeysa (1875 - 1927), Pakize (1876 - 1943), and Fatma.[2]

Marriage

Mezidimestan married Abdul Hamid on 2 February 1885 at the Yıldız Palace.[1] She was given the title of "Fifth Consort". On 19 December 1885, after ten months of the wedding, she gave birth to her only son, Şehzade Mehmed Burhaneddin.[3] Mehmed Burhaneddin was the most favourite son of Abdul Hamid.[4]

In 1895, she was elevated to the title of "Fourth Consort",[3] and in 1901, she was elevated to the title of "Third Consort". Abdul Hamid had presented her a villa located on the grounds of Yıldız Palace.[4]

Death

Mezidimestan died on 21 January 1909 three months before the deposition of Abdul Hamid, at the age of thirty-nine in the Yıldız Palace, and was buried in Yahya Efendi Cemetery, Istanbul.[4][3]

Issue

Mezidimestan Kadın and Abdul Hamid had one son:

• Şehzade Mehmed Burhaneddin (Constantinople, Yıldız Palace, 19 December 1885 – New York City, 15 June 1949 and buried in Damascus), married and had issue.

See also

• Ottoman Imperial Harem
• List of consorts of the Ottoman sultans

References

1. Açba 2007, p. 134.
2. Açba 2007, p. 183.
3. Uluçay 2011, p. 248.
4. Açba 2007, p. 135.

Sources

• Açba, Harun (2007). Kadın efendiler: 1839–1924. Profil. ISBN 978-975-996-109-1.
• Uluçay, M. Çağatay (2011). Padişahların kadınları ve kızları. Ötüken. ISBN 978-975-437-840-5.
• Sakaoğlu, Necdet (2008). Bu Mülkün Kadın Sultanları: Vâlide Sultanlar, Hâtunlar, Hasekiler, Kandınefendiler, Sultanefendiler. Oğlak Yayıncılık. ISBN 978-6-051-71079-2.