Religion Sunni Islam Children Abdul Hamid I | Spouse Ahmed III | |
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Died 1732, Beyazıt Square, Istanbul, Turkey Places of burial New Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey, Eminönü, Istanbul, Turkey Grandchildren Mahmud II, Mustafa IV, Esma Sultan, Zekiye Similar Mihrişah Kadın, Sineperver Sultan, Nakşidil Sultan, Emetullah Rabia Gülnuş S, Abdul Hamid I | ||
Şermi Kadın (Ottoman Turkish: شرمی قادین; died c. 1732; alias Rabia Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: رابعه سلطان) was a consort of Sultan Ahmed III and the mother of Sultan Abdul Hamid I.
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Life
On 20 March 1725 she gave birth to her only son Şehzade Abdul Hamid. In 1728, when he was three she commissioned a fountain in Şemsipaşa, Üsküdar. Ahmed was deposed in 1730, and his nephew Mahmud I ascended the throne. Şermi along with other ladies of Ahmed's harem went to the Eski Palce, located at the Beyazıt Square.
Death and aftermath
She died in 1732, and was buried in the mausoleum of imperial ladies, New Mosque, Istanbul. Abdul Hamid ascended the throne in 1774 after the death of his elder half brother Mustafa III. However, she was never Valide Sultan, as she had died forty two years before Abdul Hamid ascended the throne. He created the Beylerbeyi Mosque in memory of his mother.