Rabia Şermi Kadın ( ota, رابعه شرمی قادین; "''spring''" and "''tranquil''"; died; 1732;
) was a consort of Sultan
Ahmed III
Ahmed III ( ota, احمد ثالث, ''Aḥmed-i sālis'') was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and a son of Sultan Mehmed IV (r. 1648–1687). His mother was Gülnuş Sultan, originally named Evmania Voria, who was an ethnic Greek. He was born at H ...
and the mother of Sultan
Abdul Hamid I.
Life
Her birthplace and date are unknown. She fell victim to the
Ottoman slave trade
Ottoman is the Turkish spelling of the Arabic masculine given name Uthman ( ar, عُثْمان, ‘uthmān). It may refer to:
Governments and dynasties
* Ottoman Caliphate, an Islamic caliphate from 1517 to 1924
* Ottoman Empire, in existence fro ...
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 Abdul Hamid. 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 Eski Palace, at Beyazıt Square.
Death and aftermath
Şermi died in 1732 leaving Abdul Hamid motherless at the age of seven he was then entrusted in the care of his elder half-brother
Mustafa III
Mustafa III (; ''Muṣṭafā-yi sālis''; 28 January 1717 – 21 January 1774) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1757 to 1774. He was a son of Sultan Ahmed III (1703–30), and his consort Mihrişah Kadın. He was succeeded by his ...
, and was buried in the mausoleum of imperial ladies, in the
New Mosque in Istanbul.
Abdul Hamid ascended the throne in 1774 after the death of his elder half brother
Mustafa III
Mustafa III (; ''Muṣṭafā-yi sālis''; 28 January 1717 – 21 January 1774) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1757 to 1774. He was a son of Sultan Ahmed III (1703–30), and his consort Mihrişah Kadın. He was succeeded by his ...
. However, she was never Valide Sultan, as she had died forty two years before Abdul Hamid ascended the throne. He created the
Beylerbeyi Mosque
The Beylerbeyi Mosque (), also known as the Hamid i-Evvel Mosque (), is a mosque located in the Beylerbeyi neighbourhood in Istanbul, Turkey. It was first built in 1777–1778 by the Ottoman sultan Abdülhamid I, but was later modified by Mahmud ...
in memory of his mother.
Issue
Together with Ahmed, Şermi had one son:
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Abdul Hamid I (
Topkapı Palace, 20 March 1725 - Istanbul, Turkey, 7 April 1789, buried in
Tomb of Abdul Hamid I
The Tomb of Abdul Hamid I ( tr, I. Abdülhamid Türbesi) is the final resting place of Ottoman Empire, Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid I located at Fatih in Istanbul, Turkey.
Overview
The tomb is situated on the corner of Hamidiye St. and Hamidiye T ...
, Fatih, Istanbul). He was the 27° Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, after forty-four years of reclusion in the Kafes.
See also
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Ottoman Empire
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Ottoman dynasty
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Ottoman family tree
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List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire
The sultans of the Ottoman Empire ( tr, Osmanlı padişahları), who were all members of the Ottoman dynasty (House of Osman), ruled over the transcontinental empire from its perceived inception in 1299 to its dissolution in 1922. At its hei ...
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Line of succession to the Ottoman throne
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Ottoman Emperors family tree (simplified)
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List of consorts of the Ottoman Sultans
References
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1732 deaths
18th-century consorts of Ottoman sultans
Mothers of Ottoman sultans
18th-century slaves
Concubines from the Ottoman Empire