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Haciye Hoşyar Kadın ( ota, ہوشیار قادین; "''pleasant lover''"; died 1859) was a consort of Sultan
Mahmud II Mahmud II ( ota, محمود ثانى, Maḥmûd-u s̠ânî, tr, II. Mahmud; 20 July 1785 – 1 July 1839) was the 30th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1808 until his death in 1839. His reign is recognized for the extensive administrative, ...
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Early life

Hoşyar Kadın was educated in the house of
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, daughter of Sultan
Mustafa III Mustafa III (; ''Muṣṭafā-yi sālis''; 28 January 1717 – 21 January 1774) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1757 to 1774. He was a son of Sultan Ahmed III (1703–30), and his consort Mihrişah Kadın. He was succeeded by his ...
, and cousin of the Sultan Mahmud and she was called her "spiritual daughter". She was tall and blonde, with pale skin.


Marriage

In 1811, Beyhan Sultan gave a grand banquet to Mahmud. During this time, he asked to have Hoşyar as consort. Beyhan consented to his offer and, after some days, sent her to the imperial harem, with a grand ceremony, and with magnificent presents, which she gave her as her dower. For ten days, the Sultan was most assiduous in his attentions. She was given the title of Fourth Consort. After nine months, on 29 June 1812, she gave birth to her first daughter, Mihrimah Sultan. She was followed three years later by another daughter, Zeynep Sultan, born on 18 April 1815, who died at the age of ten months on February 1816. Hoşyar was then elevated first to Third Consort, and later to Second Consort. When the time came to get Mihrimah Sultan a husband, Hoşyar resolved that she should make her choice. She showed her the portraits of several young men, each worthy of her hand. Mihrimah chose Said Pasha, and the two married in 1835. Shortly after his marriage to her daughter, Said Pasha incurred Mahmud's displeasure and was exiled to the provinces, to his wife's and mother-in-law's distress. At this time, Hoşyar was sufficiently sure of her influence to petition Mahmud directly and did so in a letter. She followed this up with two letters of thanks, one when Mahmud granted her request and ordered Said Pasha brought back to Istanbul, the other when he arrived. Mihrimah died in 1838 in childbirth, and with her, Hoşyar's last solace disappeared. With the death of Mahmud in 1839, she lost her influence at court.


Widowhood

In later years she settled in her palace, situated at
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. She met Melek Hanim, wife of grand vizier
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. Melek described her as tall and fair-haired, and her skin, exceedingly white, set off the freshness of her complexion. Melek also stressed that Hoşyar was gifted with a lively spirit and a rare intelligence, but that nevertheless she was bored by the monotony of her life. Knowing that Melek had been in Europe, Hoşyar interrogated her as to the manners and customs of the Christians, the way the towns were built, the balls, theatres, systems of lighting by gas, the architecture of the palaces, and a thousand other matters.
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, the mother of Sultan
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always regarded her with a jealous eye. She scarcely allowed her to receive, once a month, a visit from Said Pasha when he was in Istanbul. Moreover, she was never allowed to hear of her daughter. In 1840, she commissioned a fountain in Elhac, Kasımpaşa. In 1844, she commissioned a school in
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. She also commissioned a mosque.


Death

In 1859, Hoşyar went for a pilgrimage (
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) to Mecca, where she earned the name "Haciye" and where she died in the same year. She was buried there.


Issue

Together with Mahmud, Hoşyar had two daughters: * Mihrimah Sultan (
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, 10 June 1812 - Istanbul, Turkey, 3 July 1838, buried in Nakşidil Sultan Mausoleum). She married once at had a son. * Zeynep Sultan (18 April 1815 - February 1816). Buried in the Nurosmaniye mosque.


In popular culture

*In 2018
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historical fiction TV series ''Kalbimin Sultanı'', Hoşyar is portrayed by Turkish actress
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.


See also

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Ottoman Imperial Harem The Imperial Harem ( ota, حرم همايون, ) of the Ottoman Empire was the Ottoman sultan's harem – composed of the wives, servants (both female slaves and eunuchs), female relatives and the sultan's concubines – occupying a secluded ...
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List of consorts of the Ottoman sultans This is a list of Consorts of the Ottoman sultans, the wives and concubines of the monarchs of the Ottoman Empire who ruled over the transcontinental empire from its inception in 1299 to its dissolution in 1922. Honorific and titles Hatun Ha ...


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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hosyar Kadin Year of birth unknown 1859 deaths 19th-century consorts of Ottoman sultans