The families of Mahmud I and Osman III
Neither Mahmud I or his successor Osman III had children, prompting Sakaoğlu to think that they could have been castrated during their imprisonment in the kafes. Osman III was 55 years old when he became sultan and in weak health, so this may have been the reason why he did not father any children.
Ayşe Başkadın: according to Sicill-i Osmani. She died in 1746, probably his only consort to die during his reign. She built a primary school in Çörekçikapısı in Fatih. It is unknown where she was buried. Alderson calls her Hace, which means that she had undergone the pilgrimage to Mecca (by proxy). According to Öztuna she was the Second Imperial Consort instead.
Hâce Ayşe Kadın: Öztuna thinks she may have been a different consort, though dead in 1746 as well.
Hâtem Başkadın: shown in Sicill-i Osmani. She probably acquired the title of Senior Consort after Ayşe Kadın's death. She died during Mustafa III's reign (in 1769), and was buried in the Ayazma Mosque in Üsküdar. Öztuna thinks she may have been Second Imperial Consort from 1746 to 1754.
Hâce Â'lî-cenâb Baş-Kadın: according to Öztuna, she was the Senior Consort (tenure: 1730-1754). She built schools and fountains around the Fatih Mosque. She died in 1775 and was buried in the Yeni Camii.
Hâce Verd-i nâz Kadın: Fourth or Fifth Imperial Consort. As her date of death is pretty late (16.12.1804), it has been suggested that she may have entered Mahmud I's harem later than his other consorts. She built a school and a fountain in Murâdpaşa, and another fountain in Galata. She was buried in Şehzâdebaşı.
Hadîce Râmî Kadın: Sixth Imperial Consort. She built a school and a fountain in Beşiktaş. A year after the death of Mahmud I, she married Haremeyn Inspector Mustafapaşazade İbrahim Bey. She died on 16 January 1780.
Tiryâl Kadın: in Sicill-i Osmani she was indicated as an ikbal but Alderson and Öztuna insist that she was an Imperial Consort. She died in 1785 or in 1789.
Hadîce Kadın: no information available.
Râziye Kadın: no information available.
Meyyâse Hanım: Baş-Ikbâl.
Fehmî Hanım: Second Ikbal.
Sirri Hanım: either a consort or a kalfa
Habbâbe Hanım: either a consort or a kalfa
Leylâ Baş-Kadın: Öztuna says that a few months after becoming a widow, she married Hacı Mehmed Emîn Bey and had a son with him, Feyzullâh Bey. She died in 1794 and was buried in Üsküdar.
Zevki Kadın: Third Imperial Consort. During the short reign of her husband, she founded several reconstructions throughout Istanbul and built a fountain in Fındıklı in Turkish Barouque style. It is not known when she died or where she was buried.
Ferhunde Emîne Kadın: not mentioned in Sicill-i Osmani or by Alderson but was found by Uluçay in a document in the Archives of Topkapı Palace. She died in 1791, maybe in August.
sources:
- M. Çağatay Uluçay - Padişahların Kadınları ve Kızları
- Yılmaz Öztuna - Devletler ve Hanedanlar Cilt 2
- Necdet Sakaoğlu - Bu Mülkün Kadın Sultanları
