Gülistü Kadin, called also Gülüstü Kadin, Gülistu Hanim or Gülüstu Hanim ("garden rose"; born Princess Fatma Chachba; 1830 - c. 1861) was a consort of Sultan Abdulmejid I, and the mother of Sultan Mehmed VI, the last Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.

Life

Born as Fatma Chachba, Gülistü Kadin was a member of an Abkhazian princely family. Her father was Prince Tahir Bey Chachba. She was a relative of Kelesh Ahmed-Bey Shervashidze, head of state of the Principality of Abkhazia. She was described as a tall woman. Gülistü married Abdulmejid in 1854, and was given the title of "Fourth Ikbal", and, in 1860, of "Fourth Kadın". On 26 February 1855 She give birth two twins daughters, Zekiye and Fehime Sultan. On 30 July 1856, she gave birth to her third child, a daughter, Mediha Sultan. Five years later on 14 January 1861, she gave birth to her fourth child, a son, Şehzade Mehmed Vahideddin (future Mehmed VI). She was the favorite daughter-in-law of Bezmiâlem Sultan.

Death

She died in 1861, shortly after the birth of her last child. She was buried in her own mausoleum located in Fatih Mosque, Fatih, Constantinople. After her death, her daughter Mediha Sultan was entrusted in the care of Verdicenan Kadın, and her son Mehmed was entrusted in the care of Şayeste Hanım. Having died before her son ascended the throne, she was never Valide sultan.

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