ota, مزیدمستان قادین , house = Mikanba (by birth)
Ottoman (by marriage) , father = Kaymat

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Yıldız Palace Yıldız Palace ( tr, Yıldız Sarayı, ) is a vast complex of former imperial Ottoman pavilions and villas in Istanbul, Turkey, built in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was used as a residence by the sultan and his court in the late 19th ...

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, Turkey) , burial_place = Yahya Efendi Cemetery,

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Mezidemestan Kadın ( ota , مزیدمستان قادین, "''merry woman''", also Mezidimestan Kadın; born Kadriye Kamile Merve Mikanba; 3 March 1869 – 21 January 1909) was the sixth consort of Sultan

Abdul Hamid II Abdülhamid or Abdul Hamid II ( ota, عبد الحميد ثانی, Abd ül-Hamid-i Sani; tr, II. Abdülhamid; 21 September 1842 10 February 1918) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 31 August 1876 to 27 April 1909, and the last sultan to ...

of the

Early life

Mezidemestan Kadın was born in 1869. Born as Kadriye Kamile Merve Mikanba, she was a member of Abkhazian noble family Mikanba. Her father was Kaymat

Mikanba. She had been brought to Istanbul when she was young, where she was entrusted to the entourage of Sultan

Murad V Murad V ( ota, مراد خامس, translit=Murâd-ı ḫâmis; tr, V. Murad; 21 September 1840 – 29 August 1904) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire who reigned from 30 May to 31 August 1876. The son of Abdulmejid I, he supported the ...

, Abdülhamid II's older half-brother. Here her name according to the custom of the Ottoman court was changed to Mezidemestan. She was tall, with dark brown hair and brown eyes. She was known for her extreme shyness. She was aunt of Emine Nazikeda Hanım, future consort of Sultan

Mehmed VI Mehmed VI Vahideddin ( ota, محمد سادس ''Meḥmed-i sâdis'' or ''Vaḥîdü'd-Dîn''; tr, VI. Mehmed or /; 14 January 1861 – 16 May 1926), also known as Şahbaba () among the Osmanoğlu family, was the 36th and last Sultan of the O ...

, Abdülhamid II's younger half-brother.

Marriage

Mezidimestan married Abdul Hamid on 2 February 1885 at the Yıldız Palace. She was given the title of "Fifth Kadın". On 19 December 1885, after ten months of the wedding, she gave birth to her only son, Şehzade Mehmed Burhaneddin. Mehmed Burhaneddin was the most favourite son of Abdul Hamid. As the mother of the sultan's favourite son she was very influential but never abused her position; instead, she was known for helping everyone and even her step-children loved her. In 1895, she was elevated to the title of "Fourth Kadın", and in 1901, she was elevated to the title of "Third Kadın". Abdul Hamid had presented her a villa located on the grounds of Yıldız Palace. She was beautiful, had black eyes, black eyebrows, and thick black hair.

Death

Mezidimestan died of stomach cancer, on 21 January 1909, just three months before the overthrow of Abdul Hamid, at the age of thirty-nine in the Yıldız Palace, and was buried in Yahya Efendi Cemetery,

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