Afife Kadın

Afife Kadın (Ottoman Turkish: عفیفہ قادین; "chaste, virtuous"; - 12 June 1723) was a consort of the Ottoman Sultan Mustafa II.

Biography Her origin is not confirmed, but she is believed to have fallen victim to the Crimean-Nogai raids and came to Constantinople via the Crimean slave trade, where she was purchased by minister Ebu Bekir Efendi for the Ottoman Imperial Harem, and given as a gift to the sultan around 1692, when she was ten years old.

In 1695, she became a consort (Kadin) of new Sultan Mustafa II. She was Mustafa's most loved consort, and the sentiment was reciprocated, even if they were never legally married, and the only concubine the sultan brought along with him on all three of his campaigns. She is documented several times when she received gifts from the sultan. She was the mother of five sons and one daughter with the sultan. All her five sons died in infancy. She described her in her letters as the favorite of the former sultan.

A daughter (1696 - after 1718). It is not known which of Mustafa's three daughters born that year (Ayşe Sultan, Emine Sultan and Safiye Sultan) was the Afife's daughter, but is probraly she was Safiye, because Safiye's daughter married the son of Ebu Bekr, the Afife's second husband. Also, Safiye named her first son Ebubekr. Şehzade Mehmed (27 November 1698 – 3 June 1703, Edirne Palace, Edirne, buried in Turhan Sultan's türbe, New Mosque). He was the favorite son of Mustafa II, who suffered his death immensely. Şehzade Hüseyn (16 May 1699 – 19 September 1700, Edirne Palace, Edirne, buried in New Mosque). Şehzade Selim (16 May 1700 – 8 June 1702, Edirne Palace, Edirne, buried in Turhan Sultan's türbe, New Mosque). Şehzade Ahmed (3 March 1702 – 7 September 1703, Edirne Palace, Edirne, buried in Darülhadis Mosque). Şehzade Suleyman (25 December 1703 – 25 December 1703, Edirne Palace, Edirne, buried in Turhan Sultan's turbe, New Mosque). Stillbirth. His father died four days after.