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

Mahidevran Sultan
Haseki Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
(Imperial Consort)
Tenurec. 1533 – 15 April 1558
Predecessorposition established
SuccessorNurbanu Sultan
Valide Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
(Prince's Mother)
Tenure1515-1556
BornRossne Gulfen
c. 1500
Albania or Circassia or Montenegro.
Died1581
Topkapı Palace, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire (now Turkey)
Burial
Names
Turkish: Mahidevran Sultan
Ottoman Turkish: ماهيدفران سلطان}
DynastyOttoman (by marriage)
FatherUnknown
MotherUnknown
ReligionSunni Islam, previously Eastern Orthodox Christian

Mahidevran was the mother of Şehzade Mustafa, the eldest surviving son of the reigning Sultan. She held a prominent position in the harem of her son in Manisa. While Hürrem Sultan became Suleiman's favorite and legal wife, Mahidevran retained the status of the mother of Suleiman's eldest son,[6] and was referred to as Suleiman's "first wife" by some diplomats, despite the fact that they were never married.[7] Until Hürrem was given the title of "Sultan" and later "Haseki Sultan", a new title created for her, all consorts had the simple courtesy title of "Hatun", meaning "lady, woman".[8] Therefore Mahidevran never had the title of Sultana in the hierarchy of the harem and she was called simply "Mahidevran Hatun", although as the mother of the eldest son she still had the rank of Baş Kadın.[9] Nonetheless, in historical fiction she is often mistakenly given the title Sultan.[10][11][12]

After Mustafa's execution,Mahidevran went Bursa.And she died in 3 February 1581.