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Mahidevran

1500 - 1581

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Mahidevran Hatun (Ottoman Turkish: ماه دوران, meaning "moon of fortune", c. 1500 - 3 February 1581) also known as Gülbahar Hatun, (Ottoman Turkish: کل بھار, meaning "spring rose"), was a concubine of sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and the mother of Şehzade Mustafa of the Ottoman Empire. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mahidevran has received more than 1,515,367 page views. Her biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Mahidevran is the 460th most popular politician (down from 205th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Turkey (up from 41st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Turkish Politician.

Mahidevran is most famous for being the mother of Osman I, the founder of the Ottoman Empire.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 73.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mahidevran ranks 460 out of 19,576. Before her are Shah Jahan, Alaric I, Giuseppe Mazzini, Lothair I, José Mujica, and Lavrentiy Beria. After her are Nur ad-Din, Caesarion, Stephen Báthory, Mary of Burgundy, Atahualpa, and Narmer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1500, Mahidevran ranks 3. Before her are Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, and Rüstem Pasha. After her are Benvenuto Cellini, Gülfem Hatun, Fatma Sultan, Lala Mustafa Pasha, Wu Cheng'en, Bartolomeo Eustachi, Hernando de Soto, John of Ávila, and Al-Mutawakkil III. Among people deceased in 1581, Mahidevran ranks 1. After her are Bayinnaung, Guru Ram Das, Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich of Russia, Christopher Báthory, Maria of Austria, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, Guillaume Postel, Duchess Sabine of Württemberg, Francis I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, Louis Bertrand, Honoré I, Lord of Monaco, and Edmund Campion.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Mahidevran ranks 4 out of 169. Before her are Alp Arslan (1029), Croesus (-596), and Priam (null). After her are Valerian (200), Stefan Dušan (1308), Michael VIII Palaiologos (1224), Julius Nepos (430), Ulfilas (311), Posidonius (-135), Hecuba (null), and Balbinus (178).

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Among POLITICIANS In Turkey

Among politicians born in Turkey, Mahidevran ranks 4. Before her are Alp Arslan (1029), Croesus (-596), and Priam (null). After her are Valerian (200), Stefan Dušan (1308), Michael VIII Palaiologos (1224), Julius Nepos (430), Balbinus (178), Kayqubad I (1188), Samuel of Bulgaria (958), and Briseis (null).

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