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Mahidevran Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: ماه دوران; meaning "moon of fortune"; c.&#;- 3 February ) also known as Gulbahar(Ottoman Turkish: کل بھار; meaning "spring rose"^[5]) was a concubine of Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and she was the mother of Şehzade Mustafa of the Ottoman Empire.

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Mahidevran was the mother of Şehzade Mustafa, the eldest son of Suleiman the Magnificent. She held a prominent position in her son's harem at Manisa. Altrough Hürrem became Sultan Suleiman's favorite and legal wife, Mahidevran retained the status of mother to Suleiman's eldest son.^[6]According to some diplomats, she was the Suleiman's "first wife", altrough they were never married.^[7] When Hürrem got the title of "Sultan" and "Haseki Sultan", then all concubine simply called "Hatun", meaning "lady","woman".^[8]So Mahidevran had never the title of "Sultan" in the harem an