Rabia Şermi Kadın

Not to be confused with Rabia Sultan, consort of Ahmed II, or Rabia Gülnuş Sultan, consort of Mehmed IV.

Rabia Şermi Kadın (Ottoman Turkish: رابعه شرمی قادین; "spring" and "tranquil"; died; c. 1732;^[3]) was a consort of Sultan Ahmed III and the mother of Sultan Abdul Hamid I.

Şermi Kadın
The burial place of Rabia Şermi Kadın is located inside The Cedid Havatin[1] outbuilding of the mausoleum of Turhan Sultan, next to the tomb of her fellow consort Mihrişah Kadın,[2] in New Mosque at Eminönü in Istanbul.
Died	c. 1732 (1733) Eski Palace, Beyazıt Square, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (modern-day Istanbul, Turkey)
Burial	Imperial ladies Mausoleum, New Mosque, Eminönü, Istanbul
Consort of	Ahmed III
Issue	Abdul Hamid I
Names Turkish: Rabia Şermi Kadın Ottoman Turkish: رابعه شرمى قادين
Religion	Sunni Islam

Life

Her birthplace and date are unknown. She fell victim to the Ottoman slave trade and was placed in the Ottoman Imperial harem as the concubine of Ahmed III. On 20 March 1725 she gave birth to her only son Şehzade Abdulhamid. In 1728, when he was three she commissioned a fountain in Şemsipaşa, Üsküdar. Ahmed was deposed in 1730, and his nephew Mahmud I ascended the throne. Şermi along with other ladies of Ahmed's harem went to the Old Palace, at Beyazıt Square.^[3]

Death and aftermath

Şermi died in 1732 leaving Abdulhamid motherless at the age of seven. He was then entrusted in the care of his elder half-brother Mustafa III. She was buried in the mausoleum of imperial ladies, in the New Mosque in Istanbul.

Abdulhamid ascended the throne in 1774 after the death of his elder half brother Mustafa III. However, she was never Valide Sultan, as she had died forty two years before Abdul Hamid ascended the throne. He created the Beylerbeyi Mosque in memory of his mother.^[3]

Issue

Together with Ahmed, Şermi had one son:

• Abdul Hamid I (Topkapı Palace, 20 March 1725 - Istanbul, Turkey, 7 April 1789, buried in Tomb of Abdul Hamid I, Fatih, Istanbul). He was the 27° Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, after forty-four years of reclusion in the Kafes.

See also

• Ottoman Empire
• Ottoman dynasty
• Ottoman family tree
• List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire
• Line of succession to the Ottoman throne
• Ottoman Emperors family tree (simplified)
• List of consorts of the Ottoman Sultans