Şevkefza Kadın[1] (c. 1825 – 17 September 1889; meaning "who cheers up"; Ottoman Turkish: شوق افزا قادین‎) was the consort of Sultan Abdülmecid I of the Ottoman Empire. She held the position of Valide Sultan from 30 May 1876 to 31 August 1876, when her son Şehzade Murad ascended the throne as Murad V.[2] She was of Circassian origin.[3][4][5]