Rahime Perestu Sultan | |||||
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Valide Sultan of the Ottoman Empire | |||||
Tenure | 31 August 1876 – c. 1906 | ||||
Predecessor | Şevkefza Sultan | ||||
Successor | Title abolished | ||||
Born | Rahime Hanim c. 1830 Circassia | ||||
Died | c. 1906 Maçka Palace, Maçka, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire | (aged 75–76)||||
Burial | Mihrişah Sultan Complex, Eyüp, Istanbul | ||||
Spouse | |||||
Issue | Adopted Cemile Sultan Abdülhamid II | ||||
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Mother | Esma Sultan (adoptive) | ||||
Religion | Sunni Islam |
Rahime Perestu Sultan[1] (Ottoman Turkish: پرستو قادین, "mercy" and "swallow"; c. 1830 – c. 1906), also known as Rahime Perestu Kadın, was the first legal wife of Sultan Abdulmejid I of the Ottoman Empire. She was given the title and position of Valide sultan (Queen mother) when Abdul Hamid II, her adopted son, ascended the throne in 1876 making her the last valide sultan of the Ottoman Empire.