Rabia Sultan

Rabia Sultan
Râbi'â Şerm-î[1] (Sharmî)
Second Kadın Effendi,
رابعه سلطان
Born Ida
1698
France or Circassia
Died 1732
Istanbul
Resting place Inside the mausoleum of Turhan Hatice in Yeni Mosque, Eminönü, Istanbul.
Ethnicity French or Circassian
Religion Catholicism or Judaism at birth, converted to Islam after her capture
Spouse Ahmed III
Children 'Abdul Hamid I

Rabia Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: رابعه سلطان, Râbi'a Şerm-î (Sharmî) Kadın Sultân) (née Ida) (ca. 1698 – 1732).

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Biography

Rabia Sultan was born as Ida in France or Circassia, initially the third and then the second French or Circassian spouse of Ottoman Sultan Ahmed III. She was the mother of Sultan Abdul Hamid I[2]. However, she was never Valide Sultan to her son because she died in 1732, forty-two years before Sultan Abdul Hamid I's accession to the Ottoman throne.[3] Her name "Şerm-î" "(Sharmî)" simply means "belonging to gift". All the remaining Ottoman Sultans are the descendants of Râbi'a Şerm-î (Sharmî) Kadın Effendi.

Burial place

The burial place of Rabia Sultan is located inside the tomb of Turhan Hatice, the mother of Sultan Mehmed IV, in Yeni Mosque, Eminönü, Istanbul.

Further reading

1) Peirce, Leslie P., The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire, Oxford University Press, 1993, ISBN 0-19-508677-5 (paperback).

2) Yavuz Bahadıroğlu, Resimli Osmanlı Tarihi, Nesil Yayınları (Ottoman History with Illustrations, Nesil Publications), 15th Ed., 2009, ISBN: 978-975-269-299-2 (Hardcover).

References

  1. ^ Yavuz Bahadıroğlu, Resimli Osmanlı Tarihi, Nesil Yayınları (Ottoman History with Illustrations, Nesil Publications), 15th Ed., 2009, page 363, ISBN: 978-975-269-299-2
  2. ^ "Ottoman Research Foundation (in Turkish); reveals the results of recent ivestigations and announce her name as "Râbi'a Şerm-î (Sharmî) Kadın Efendi"". Ottoman Sultans Web Page. http://www.osmanli.org.tr/osmanlisultanlari-5-235.html. Retrieved 2010-12-14. 
  3. ^ "Sultan Abdül Hamid I Khan". Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism. http://www.kultur.gov.tr/EN/belge/2-1298/sultan-i-abdulhamit-han.html. Retrieved 2009-02-06. 

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