Mahitab Kadın (Ottoman Turkish:مهتاب قادین; 1830 –c. 1888; meaning "moonlight"[1]), called alsoMehtab Kadın, was a consort of SultanAbdulmejid I of theOttoman Empire.

Mahitab married Abdulmejid in 1845. She was given the title of "Second Ikbal". Three years later, on 15 April 1848, she gave birth to her first child, a daughter, Sabiha Sultan in the Old Çırağan Palace. The princess died a year later on 27 April 1849.^[2]

In 1850, she was elevated to the title of "Senior Ikbal". Two years later on 31 March 1852, she gave birth to her second child, a son, Şehzade Nureddin in the Old Çırağan Palace.^[3]

In early 1853, she was elevated to the title of "Fifth Kadın", an honorary rank because she was one of favorite Abdülmejid's consort.^[4] In 1858–59, she sponsored a mosque inGöynük.^[5]

After Abdulmejid's death on 25 June 1861, Mahitab settled in theFeriye Palace with her eleven years old son, Şehzade Nureddin.^[3] Her son, Nureddin died in 1884 at the age of thirty two.^[3] She died in 1888 in the Feriye Palace,^[6] and was buried in the mausoleum of the imperial ladies in theNew Mosque,Istanbul.^[3]

• Mahitab is a character in Hıfzı Topuz's historical novel Abdülmecit: İmparatorluk Çökerken Sarayda 22 Yıl: Roman (2009).^[9]

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• Uluçay, M. Çağatay (2011).Padişahların kadınları ve kızları. Ötüken.ISBN 978-9-754-37840-5.
• Sakaoğlu, Necdet (2008).Bu Mülkün Kadın Sultanları: Vâlide Sultanlar, Hâtunlar, Hasekiler, Kandınefendiler, Sultanefendiler. Oğlak Yayıncılık.ISBN 978-6-051-71079-2.
• Paşa, Ahmed Cevdet (1960).Tezâkir. [2]. 13 - 20, Volume 2. Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi.

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• Consorts of Abdulmejid I

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