Mihrişah Kadın (mother of Mustafa III)

For the consort of Ottoman Sultan Mustafa III, and the mother of Selim III, see Mihrişah Sultan (mother of Selim III).

Emine Mihrişah Kadın (Ottoman Turkish: امینه مھرشاہ قادین; died April 1732)^[3] was a consort of Sultan Ahmed III and the mother of Sultan Mustafa III.^[4]

Mihrişah Kadın
The burial place of Mihrişah Kadın is located inside The Cedid Havatin outbuilding the mausoleum of Turhan Sultan, next to the tomb of Rabia Şermi Kadın, an other Ahmed's consorts and mother of Abdülhamid I,[1] in New Mosque at Eminönü in Istanbul.
Died	April 1732[2] Eski Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (now Istanbul, Turkey)
Burial	Imperial ladies Mausoleum, New Mosque, Eminönü, Istanbul
Consort of	Ahmed III
Issue	Şehzade Süleyman Mustafa III Şehzade Bayezid Şehzade Seyfeddin
Names Turkish: Emine Mihrişah Kadın Ottoman Turkish: امینه مھرشاہ قادین
Religion	Sunni Islam

Life

After entering the ottoman imperial harem as a concubine she was given the name Mihrişah (meaning "Sun of the Şah" in Persian).

The couple had four sons together. On 25 August 1710 she gave birth to her first son Şehzade Süleyman, on 28 January 1717 she gave birth to her second son Şehzade Mustafa.^[5][4] In 1718, she gave birth to her third son Şehzade Bayezid, and in 1728 she gave birth to her fourth son Şehzade Seyfeddin,^[4][6] and the same year when Süleyman was eighteen and Mustafa was eleven she commissioned two fountains in Üsküdar, in their names.^[7][8][9]

Ahmed was deposed in 1730, and his nephew Mahmud I ascended the throne. Mihrişah along with other ladies and daughters of Ahmed's harem went to the Eski Palace.

Death and aftermath

She died in April 1732, and was buried in the mausoleum of Imperial Ladies, New Mosque, Istanbul.^[10][4][3]

Şehzade Mustafa ascended the throne as Mustafa III after Sultan Osman III's death in 1757. However, she was never Valide Sultan, as she had died before Mustafa ascended the throne. He commissioned the Ayazma Mosque in memory of his mother, and elder brother Şehzade Süleyman.^[11][12] A fountain is also present near her tomb.^[10]

Issue

Together with Ahmed, Mihrişah had at least four sons:^[13][6]

• Şehzade Süleyman (25 August 1710 - 11 October 1732, buried in New Mosque, Istanbul). He died in the Kafes after two years of reclusion.
• Mustafa III (Edirne Palace, Edirne, 28 January 1717 - Istanbul, Turkey, 21 January 1774, buried in Laleli Mosque, Fatih, Istanbul). 26th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
• Şehzade Bayezid (4 October 1718 - 24 January 1771, buried in New Mosque, Istanbul). He died in the Kafes after forty-one years of reclusion.
• Şehzade Seyfeddin (3 February 1728 – 1732, buried in New Mosque, Istanbul).

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