Hayranidil Kadın (Ottoman Turkish: خیران دل قادین; 2 November 1846 – 26 November 1895; meaning 'The excellent heart'[1]) was a consort of Sultan Abdulaziz of the Ottoman Empire, and the mother of last caliph of the Ottoman Empire Abdulmejid II.
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| Born | 2 November 1846 | ||||
| Died | 26 November 1895 (aged 49) Feriye Palace, Ortaköy, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (present day Istanbul, Turkey) | ||||
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| House | Ottoman (by marriage) | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
Life
editOf Abkhazian origin,[2] Hayranıdil Kadın was born on 2 November 1846.[3] She was celebrated as the most beautiful woman of the imperial household. The lack of information about her past and her family suggests that she was of humble or even slave origins: in fact, despite slavery had been abolished in the Ottoman Empire, Pertevniyal Sultan, mother of Abdülaziz, continued to select Caucasian slaves for the harem of his son.[4]
She married Abdulaziz on 21 September 1865 in the Dolmabahçe Palace.[2] She was given the title of "Third Kadın" and in 1875 of "Second Kadın".[5] On 25 February 1867,[6] she gave birth to her first child, a daughter, Nazime Sultan.[7] One year later, on 29 May 1868, she gave birth to her second child, a son, Şehzade Abdulmejid (future Caliph Abdulmejid II)[8] in the Beylerbeyi Palace.[6]
Abdulaziz was deposed by his ministers on 30 May 1876, his nephew Murad V became the Sultan.[9] He was transferred to Feriye Palace the next day.[10] Hayranıdil, and other women of Abdulaziz's entourage didn't want to leave the Dolmabahçe Palace. So they were grabbed by hand and were sent out to the Feriye Palace. In the process, they were searched from head to toe and everything of value was taken from them.[11] On 4 June 1876,[12] Abdulaziz died under mysterious circumstances. In 1876 the new sultan, Abdulhamid II, freed Abdülaziz's consort and allowed Hayranidil to live in Ortaköy Palace.[13]
Death
editHayranıdil Kadın died on 26 November 1895[14] in the Feriye Palace, Ortaköy at the age of forty-nine, and was buried in the mausoleum of Sultan Mahmud II, located at Divan Yolu street, Istanbul.[3]
Issue
edit| Name | Birth | Death | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nazime Sultan | 25 February[15] 1867[7][16] | 9 November 1947[16] | married once without issue |
| Abdulmejid II | 29 May 1868[17][14][18] | 23 August 1944[14][18] | Last Caliph of the Ottoman Empire |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ A Gyre Thro' the Orient. Republican Book and Job Printing Office. 1869. p. 62.
- ^ a b Uçan 2019, pp. 21, 23.
- ^ a b Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 641.
- ^ Gülersoy, Çelik (1990). Dolmabahçe Palace and its environs. İstanbul Kitaplığı. p. 131.
- ^ Uluçay 2011, p. 232.
- ^ a b Uçan, Lâle (2019b). Dolmabahçe Sarayı'nda Çocuk Olmak: Sultan Abdülaziz'in Şehzâdelerinin ve Sultanefendilerinin Çocukluk Yaşantılarından Kesitler. FSM İlmî Araştırmalar İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Dergisi. pp. 232–33.
- ^ a b Uluçay 2011, p. 235.
- ^ Elsie, Robert (2013). A Biographical Dictionary of Albanian History. A Biographical Dictionary of Albanian History. p. 3. ISBN 978-1-780-76431-3.
- ^ Zürcher, Erik J. (October 15, 2004). Turkey: A Modern History, Revised Edition. I.B.Tauris. pp. 73. ISBN 978-1-850-43399-6.
- ^ Shaw, Stanford J.; Shaw, Ezel Kural (1976). History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey: Volume 2, Reform, Revolution, and Republic: The Rise of Modern Turkey 1808-1975, Volume 11. Cambridge University Press. pp. 164. ISBN 978-0-521-29166-8.
- ^ Brookes 2010, p. 40.
- ^ Davison, Roderic H. (December 8, 2015). Reform in the Ottoman Empire, 1856-1876. Princeton University Press. p. 341. ISBN 978-1-400-87876-5.
- ^ Brookes 2010, p. 43.
- ^ a b c Uluçay 2011, p. 233.
- ^ Uçan 2019, p. 23.
- ^ a b Brookes 2010, p. 286.
- ^ Uçan 2019, p. 15.
- ^ a b Brookes 2010, p. 278.
Sources
edit- Brookes, Douglas Scott (2010). The Concubine, the Princess, and the Teacher: Voices from the Ottoman Harem. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-78335-5.
- Sakaoğlu, Necdet (2008). Bu mülkün kadın sultanları: Vâlide sultanlar, hâtunlar, hasekiler, kadınefendiler, sultanefendiler. Oğlak Yayıncılık. ISBN 978-9-753-29623-6.
- Uçan, Lâle (2019). Son Halife Abdülmecid Efendi'nin Hayatı - Şehzâlik, Veliahtlık ve Halifelik Yılları (PDF) (PhD Thesis). Istanbul University Institute of Social Sciences.
- Uluçay, Mustafa Çağatay (2011). Padişahların kadınları ve kızları. Ankara: Ötüken. ISBN 978-9-754-37840-5.
External links
edit- "Genealogy of Hayranıdil Kadınefendi". Retrieved 2009-04-13.