Mihrengiz Kadın

Mihrengiz Kadın
Born	15 October 1869 Sochi, Russia
Died	12 December 1938 Alexandria, Egypt
Burial	Khedive Tawfik Mausoleum, Cairo, Egypt
Spouse	Mehmed V
Issue	Şehzade Ömer Hilmi Efendi
House	House of Osman (by marriage)
Religion	Islam

Mihrengiz Kadın (15 October 1869 – 12 December 1938, birth name Fatma) was the third wife of 35th Ottoman Sultan Mehmed V, and the mother of Şehzade Ömer Hilmi Efendi of the Ottoman Empire.

Mihrengiz Kadın was born on 15 October 1869 in Sochi, Russia. Born as Fatma, she belonged to a Circassian family of Ubykh origin. Mihrengiz also had a brother, Ibrahim Bey. In 1893, during the war, her family emigrated from Caucasus to Istanbul where she was delivered at the court of the Ottoman Sultan. In the palace she was given private education and lessons of piano. First, she was given to serve the head of the court. However, soon the Prince Mehmed Reșad Efendi took notice of Mihrengiz, and they married on 4 April 1887 in the Veliahd Palace. On 2 March 1888, she gave birth to a son, Şehzade Ömer Hilmi Efendi. Unlike the other wives of Sultan Mehmed V, MIhrengiz was slim, while the others were quite heavier. Safiye Ünüvar, a teacher at the Palace School penned her memoir about Mihrengiz:

...The Second Consort, the lady Mihrengiz, and her son Prince Ömer Hilmi were at their summer residence, so we were unable to make their acquaintance until winter, when they returned to Dolmabahçe Palace...

...Now, except for the Fourth Consort, the others were quite heavier, so I cannot refrain from saying that I never expected to meet someone so slim. Later on I heard that she had been suffering from illness from the past few years...

In 1924 they went into exile and settled in Alexandria. Her son suffered from a stroke and died soon after settling in Alexandria. She died on 12 December 1938 at Alexandria and was buried in the Mausoleum of the Egyptian prince Omar Tusun.

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