Neşerek Kadın[a] (Ottoman Turkish: نسرین قادین; "joy" or "wild rose"; 1848 - 11 June 1876), born Nesrin Zevş-Barakay Hanim, was a consort of Sultan Abdulaziz of the Ottoman Empire.[1]
| Neşerek Kadın | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | Nesrin Zevş-Barakay Hanim 1848 Sochi, Circassia | ||||
| Died | 11 June 1876 (aged 27–28) Feriye Palace, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire (present day Istanbul, Turkey) | ||||
| Burial | Imperial ladies mausoleum, New Mosque, Istanbul | ||||
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| Issue | |||||
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| House | Zevş-Barakay (by birth) Ottoman (by marriage) | ||||
| Father | Ismail Zevş-Barakay | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
Early life
editOf Circassian origin, Neşerek Kadın (called also Nesrin Kadın or Nesteren Kadın) was the daughter of Gazi Ismail Bey Zevş-Barakay. She was born to Sochi in 1848.[2][3] She had two brothers, Hasan Bey (1850 – 1876),[4] and Osman Pasha (1851 – 1892).[5] Her aunt was the wife of Ateş Mehmed Pasha. Her birth name was Nesrin Zevş-Barakay Hanim.[6]
Marriage
editNeşerek married Abdulaziz in 1868 at the Dolmabahçe Palace, and was given the title of "Fourth Kadın".[7] She gave birth to her first child, a son, Şehzade Mehmed Şevket[8] on 5 June 1872.[9] Two years later, on 24 August 1874, she gave birth to her second child, a daughter, Emine Sultan.[7] In 1875, she was elevated to the title of "Third Kadın".[2]
Abdulaziz was deposed by his ministers on 30 May 1876, his nephew Murad V becoming the Sultan.[10] He was transferred to Feriye Palace the next day.[11] The 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. Neşerek was forcibly taken out of the palace by Prime Aide Sami Bey, wearing only a shawl, apparently because she had tried to hide royal jewels inside her clothes. Because of the horrible weather of that night, she fell ill and was carried on a stretcher to the caique, that was to take her to the Feriye Palace. Someone even snatched the shawl that was wrapped around her.[2][12] On 4 June 1876,[13] Abdulaziz died under mysterious circumstances.[14]
Death
editNeşerek Kadın died seven days after Abdulaziz's death on 11 June 1876[2] at the Feriye Palace seriously ill since the night of the deposition and shattered by sadness for Abdülaziz's death and convinced that he had been murdered. According to historian Alan Palmer, she instead apparently died in childbirth, however there not trace in sources of a her third child or pregnancy. Her son was welcomed by Abdülhamid II, the new sultan and nephew of Abdülaziz, and her daughter by Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin, Abdülaziz's eldest son.[15] She was buried in the mausoleum of imperial ladies, located at New Mosque, Istanbul.[4]
Four days after her death, on 15 June 1876,[16] her brother, Hasan Bey attempted to assassinate a large number of ministers meeting at the mansion of Midhat Pasha, perphaps to avenge her sister.[17] He was tried, and executed on 18 June 1876.[18]
Issue
edit| Name | Birth | Death | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Şehzade Mehmed Şevket | 5 June 1872[19][2] | 22 October 1899 | married once, and had issue, one son |
| Emine Sultan | 24 August 1874[19][7][20] | 29 January 1920[7][20] | married once, and had issue, one daughter |
See also
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editReferences
edit- ^ Gençosman, Kemal Zeki (1976). Yakın tarihimizde rüşvet ve yolsuzluk olayları. ŞDL Yayınları. p. 85.
- ^ a b c d e f Uluçay 2011, p. 233.
- ^ Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 641.
- ^ a b Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 642.
- ^ Tuna, Mahinur (2007). İlk Türk kadın ressam: Mihri Rasim (Müşfik) Açba : 1886 İstanbul-1954 New-York. As Yayın. p. 23. ISBN 978-9-750-17250-2.
- ^ Mehmet Nermi Haskan (2008). Eyüp Sultan tarihi. Eyüp Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları. p. 613. ISBN 978-975-6087-04-6.
- ^ a b c d Uluçay 2011, p. 236.
- ^ Bey, Mehmet Sürreya (1969). Osmanlı devletinde kim kimdi, Volume 1. Küğ Yayını. p. 280.
- ^ Uçan, Lâle (2019). Dolmabahçe Sarayı'nda Çocuk Olmak: Sultan Abdülaziz'in Şehzâdelerinin ve Sultanefendilerinin Çocukluk Yaşantılarından Kesitler. FSM İlmî Araştırmalar İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Dergisi. p. 233.
- ^ Zürcher, Erik J. (October 15, 2004). Turkey: A Modern History, Revised Edition. I.B.Tauris. p. 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.
- ^ Palmer, Alan (May 19, 2011). The Decline and Fall of the Ottoman Empire. Faber & Faber. ISBN 978-0-571-27908-1.
- ^ Zücher, Erik J. (September 4, 2004). Turkey: A Modern History, Revised Edition. I.B.Tauris. p. 73. ISBN 978-1-860-64958-5.
- ^ Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies. The Society. 1999. p. 116.
- ^ Mattar, Philip (2004). Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East & North Africa: A-C. Macmillan Reference USA. pp. 575. ISBN 978-0-028-65770-7.
- ^ a b Uçan 2019, p. 24.
- ^ a b Brookes 2010, p. 280.
- ^ Öztuna, Yılmaz (March 24, 2014). Bir Darbenin Anatomisi. Ötüken Neşriyat A.Ş. ISBN 978-6-051-55082-4.
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 (2019b). 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.