Gülüstü Hanım
| Gülüstü Hanım کلستو خانم | |||||||||
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| Empress Consort of the Ottoman Empire | |||||||||
| Tenure | 1855 - 25 June 1861 | ||||||||
| Empress dowager of the Ottoman Empire | |||||||||
| Tenure | 25 June 1861 - 1865 | ||||||||
| Born |
Fatma Chachba c. 1840 Georgia | ||||||||
| Died |
c. 1865 (aged 24 - 25) Istanbul, Ottoman Empire | ||||||||
| Burial | In front of the mihrab of Fatih Camii in Fatih, Istanbul | ||||||||
| Spouse | Abdülmecid I | ||||||||
| Issue |
Mehmed VI Mediha Sultan | ||||||||
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| House |
House of Shervashidze (by birth) House of Osman (by marriage) | ||||||||
| Father | Tahir Bey Chachba | ||||||||
| Mother | Afişe Hanım Lakerba | ||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||
Gülüstü Hanım (Turkish pronunciation: [ɟylysˈty]); (c. 1840 – c. 1865; Ottoman Turkish: کلستو خانم) was the Empress consort of Sultan Abdülmecid I. She was the mother of Mehmed VI, the last Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
Life
Born in 1840 in Georgia Gülüstü was of Abkhazian origin. Born as Fatma, she was the daughter of Prince Tahir Bey Chachba and his wife Afişe Hanım Lakerba.[1] She was renamed Gülüstü and was given thoroughly Turkish and Muslim education in the harem department of the Topkapı Palace. She was a tall, brown-eyed, brown-haired, white-skinned, and a very beautiful woman. But she was very sensitive lady.
At the age of about fourteen Gülüstü married Abdülmecid in 1855 at the Topkapı Palace.Gülüstü was fond of jewelry and clothes. She also made a great contributions in the restoration of mosques and madrassas.[1] Her son Mehmed became the thirty-sixth and last Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, reigning from 1918 to 1922.[1] She died just three months after giving birth to her son. Since Mehmed VI became sultan long after Gülüstü's death, she was never a Valide Sultan.[2]
Her burial place is located at the Gülüstü Münire Sultan Türbe[3] in front of the mihrab of Fatih Camii in Fatih, Istanbul.
References
- 1 2 3 Harun Açba (2007). Kadın efendiler: 1839-1924. Profil. ISBN 978-9-759-96109-1.
- ↑ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~royalty/turkey/persons.html Genealogy of the Ottoman Royal Family
- ↑ http://www.kenthaber.com/marmara/istanbul/fatih/Rehber/turbeler/gulustu-munire-valide-sultan-turbesi Gülüstü Münire Sultan Türbesi
