Edadil Kadın (Ottoman Turkish: ادادل قادین; 1845 - 12 December 1875; meaning "The elegance of the heart"[1]) was a consort of Sultan Abdulaziz of the Ottoman Empire.[2]

Edadil Kadın
Born1845
Adler, Principality of Abkhazia, Ottoman Empire
Died12 December 1875(1875-12-12) (aged 29–30)
Dolmabahçe Palace, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Burial
Spouse
(m. 1861)
IssueŞehzade Mahmud Celaleddin
Emine Sultan
Names
Turkish: Edadil Kadın
Ottoman Turkish: ادادل قادین
HouseAredba (by birth)
Ottoman (by marriage)
FatherTandal Aredba Bey
ReligionSunni Islam

Life

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She was Abkhazian and was the daughter of Prince Aredba Tandal Bey. She had at least a brother. She entered palace service at a young age, where she was especially liked by Pertevniyal Sultan, Abdülaziz's mother and Valide Sultan. Edadil Kadın was presented to Abdulaziz after his accession to the throne by his half-sister, Adile Sultan, as a token of reconciliation between brother and sister. She was described as beautiful, with brown hair and light blue eyes.[3][4][5]

She married Abdulaziz in 1861 in the Dolmabahçe Palace, after his accession to the throne, and was given the title of "Second Kadın".[6] A year after the marriage, on 14 November 1862, she gave birth to her first child, a son, Şehzade Mahmud Celaleddin.[7]

Four years later, on 30 November 1866,[8] she gave birth to her second child, a daughter, Emine Sultan,[9] who died on 23 January[8] 1867.[10]

Death

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Edadil died on 12 December 1875[11] in the Dolmabahçe Palace, a year before her Abdulaziz's death, because sadness for her brither's premature death, and was buried in the mausoleum of Sultan Mahmud II, located at Divan Yolu street.[6][12]

Issue

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Name Birth Death Notes
Şehzade Mahmud Celaleddin 14 November 1862[13][6][14]  1 September 1888[6][14] married once without issue
Emine Sultan 30 November 1866[8][9] 23 January 1867[8][9] born and died in infancy in Dolmabahçe Palace; buried in tomb of Mahmud II

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References

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  1. ^ A Gyre Thro' the Orient. Republican Book and Job Printing Office. 1869. p. 62.
  2. ^ Banoğlu, Niyazi Ahmet (1963). Anitlari ve tarihî eserleriyle Istanbul. Yeni C̣iǧir Kitabev. p. 57.
  3. ^ Journal of anthropology. JSTOR. 1870. p. 119.
  4. ^ Frederick van MILLINGEN (called also Osman Bey and Vladimir Andreevich.) (1870). Slavery in Turkey. The Sultan's Harem. A paper read before the Anthropological Society of London. p. 22.
  5. ^ Anthropological Society of London (1870). The Anthropological Review: A Quarterly Journal of Anthropological Science and Literature. Anthropological Society of London. p. 119.
  6. ^ a b c d Uluçay 2011, p. 233.
  7. ^ Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi (1959). Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi mühürler seksiyonu rehberi. Şehir Matbaasi. p. 21.
  8. ^ a b c d Uçan 2019, p. 23.
  9. ^ a b c Uluçay 2011, p. 235.
  10. ^ Yıldırım, Tahsin (2006). Veliahd Yusuf İzzettin Efendi Öldürüldü mü? İntihar mı etti?. Çatı Yayıncılık. p. 36.
  11. ^ Genç, Füsun Gülsüm (2015). 19. yüzyılda şehzade olmak: Modernleşme sürecinde şehzadeler. p. 105.
  12. ^ Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 641.
  13. ^ Uçan 2019, p. 24.
  14. ^ a b Brookes 2010, p. 283.

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