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Şevkefza Sultan
Şevkefza Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: شوق افزا قادین; Georgian: შეფქევზა სულთანი; 12 December 1820 - 17 September 1889), also known as Şevkefza Kadın, was a consort of Sultan Abdulmejid I of the Ottoman Empire. She held the position of Valide Sultan from 30 May 1876 to 31 August 1876, when her son Şehzade Murad ascended the throne as Murad V.