Mahidevran

Mahidevran Hatun
Bornc. 1500
Circassia or Montenegro or Albania
Died3 February 1581(1581-02-03) (aged 80–81)
Bursa, Ottoman Empire
Burial
ConsortSuleiman the Magnificent
IssueŞehzade Mustafa
ReligionSunni Islam (converted)

Mahidevran Hatun (Ottoman Turkish: ماه دوران, meaning "moon of fortune",[1] c. 1500 - 3 February 1581[2][3]) also known as Gülbahar Hatun,[4] (Ottoman Turkish: کل بھار, meaning "spring rose"[5]), was a concubine of sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and the mother of Şehzade Mustafa of the Ottoman Empire.

  1. ^ Peirce 1993, p. 55.
  2. ^ Peirce 1993, p. 56.
  3. ^ Şahin 2023, p. 235.
  4. ^ Yermolenko 2013, p. 2.
  5. ^ Andrews, W.G.; Kalpakli, M. (2005). The Age of Beloveds: Love and the Beloved in Early-Modern Ottoman and European Culture and Society. Early modern cultural studies, 1500-1700. Duke University Press. p. 242. ISBN 978-0-8223-3424-8.

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