Mehisti Hanım

Mehisti Hanım
"Beethoven in the Harem" by Abdulmejid II, 1915. Mehisti is thought to have been one of the two women listening with rapt attention.
BornAtiye Akalsba
27 January 1892
Adapazarı, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Diedc. 1964 (aged 7172)
London, England, United Kingdom
Burial
Spouse
(m. 1912; died 1944)
IssueDürrüşehvar Sultan
Names
Turkish: Atiye Mehisti Hanım
Ottoman Turkish: مہستی خانم
HouseAkalsba (by birth)
Ottoman (by marriage)
FatherHacımaf Akalsba
MotherSafiye Hanım
ReligionSunni Islam

Mehisti Hanım (Ottoman Turkish: مہستی خانم, "moon's presence" or "moon's desire"; born Atiye Akalsba and called also Mehisti Kadın; 27 January 1892 c. 1964) was the fourth consort of Abdulmejid II, the last Caliph of the Ottoman Caliphate.