Bezmiâlem Sultan (c. 1807 – 1853). Ninth consort of Sultan Mahmud II, and Valide Sultan to their son, Sultan Abdulmejid I of the Ottoman Empire.
She was born in Georgia and belonged to the Machabeli princely family.
She married Sultan Mahmud in 1822, and was given the title of "Fifth Kadın". In 1823, she gave birth to her only son, Şehzade Abdulmejid. (later Abdulmejid I).
Like other influential Ottoman women, Bezmiâlem was a patron of arts and architecture.
- "She was known for her extremely pale complexion and her reddish blonde hair." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bezmi%C3%A2lem_Sultan
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