#Fatma Pesend Hanim

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Notable Ottoman consorts hailing from the Caucasus -- requested by anon

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(Almost) Every Costume Per Episode + Fatma Pesend’s white gown and green velvet kaftan with gold detailing in 1x10

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OTTOMANLADIES’ 2ND BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS

(some) marriages for love* in the ottoman dynasty – requested by anon

*one-sided or not

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Can you tell us about the harem of Sultan Abdulhamid II? Was he going to a different woman every night, or wasn't he interested in other women when he married a new one? Did he want to immediately marry every woman he found beautiful? Who was his wife he married in love? Can you tell us a little bit please 🙏 Thanks for answering now 😊

I'm no Abdülhamid II expert but he clearly didn't visit a different wife every night, no one would do that. He probably had some he visited more and others he didn’t visit that often (Bedrifelek, for example)

Like every sultan, Abdülhamid II had his favourites: Ayşe Dest-i Zer Müşfıka Kadınefendi, Fatma Pesend Hanımefendi and Sâliha Nâciye Kadınefendi were notoriously his favourite consorts. Müşfıka and Saliha Naciye stayed with him till the end, Fatma Pesend famously cut her hair and threw it in the sea when she heard of his death.

I don't think he wanted to marry every beautiful woman?? I don't understand what you mean by that, that is not how harems work. He had many consorts yes but he wasn't obsessed with women.

Again, it was Fatma Pesend whom he asked to marry after seeing her visit the palace with her family. It is in the harem system, though, to choose one's consorts. All his consorts were chosen by him on the basis of beauty or wit or intelligence. He certainly did not bed someone he didn't like.

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(Almost) Every Costume Per Episode + Fatma Pesend’s white gown and dark green kaftan with gold detailing in 1x06

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This is probably a weird question but were there any tall concubines (5'7,5'9,5'10).

Sakaoğlu says Turhan Hatice Sultan was tall, delicate, with white skin and blue eyes

Emetullah Rabia Gülnüş Sultan was said to have been tall by the Venetian ambassador because he saw her garments and apparently they looked like a tall woman's

Gülistu IV. Kadınefendi, consort of Abdülmecid I, was described as tall by Leyla Açba

Ceylanyar II. Hanımefendi, consort of Abdülmecid I, was described as tall and with long gold hair

Çeşmiferah Hanımefendi, consort of Abdülmecid I, was described by Princess Mülkicihan Açba as tall and blonde

Elaru Mevhibe Kadınefendi, Senior Consort of Murad V, was tall and with hazel eyes

Nazikeda Başkadınefendi, the Senior Consort of Abdülhamid II, was described as quite tall with black eyebrows, black eyes and pink skin

Dilpesend III. Kadınefendi, consort of Abdülhamid II, was tall with brown hair

Mezide Mestan III. Kadınefendi, consort of Abdülhamid II, was timid, tall, with dark brown hair and brown eyes

Sazkar Başhanımefendi, consort of Abdülhamid II, was tall with blue eyes and blonde hair

Peyveste II. Hanımefendi, consort of Abdülhamid II, was described by her niece Princess Leyla Açba as tall, with green eyes and auburn hair

Fatma Pesend III. Hanımefendi, consort of Abdülhamid II, was described by Princess Leyla Açba as tall with blue eyes and long curly brown hair

Behice IV. Hanımefendi, consort of Abdülhamid II, was tall, blonde and with blue eyes

Nazperver III. Kadınefendi, consort of Mehmed V, was tall and plump

Emine Nazikeda BaşKadınefendi, Senior Consort of Mehmed VI, was tall, with very light brown eyes and long brown hair

Şadiye Müveddet II. Kadınefendi, consort of Mehmed VI, was tall, with blue eyes and auburn hair

Nevvare Başhanımefendi, consort of Mehmed VI, was tall, with green eyes and long black hair

İnşirah II. Hanımefendi, consort of Mehmed VI, was tall with gorgeous blue eyes and very long brown hair

Atiye Mehisti III. Kadınefendi, consort of Caliph Abdülmecid II, was tall, with blue eyes and light brown hair

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(Almost) Every Costume Per Episode + Fatma Pesend’s white gown and gold kaftan in 1x06

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(Almost) Every Costume Per Episode + Fatma Pesend’s white gown and light blue kaftan in 1x12

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(Almost) Every Costume Per Episode + Fatma Pesend’s white gown and green velvet kaftan with gold detailing in 1x13,14

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Payitaht Abdülhamid, Season 1 + Women Helping & Caring About Each Other, Part 1

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“Who do you think you are, calling me into your presence?”

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(Almost) Every Costume Per Episode + Fatma Pesend’s white gown and light blue kaftan with gold detailing in 1x09

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(Almost) Every Costume Per Episode + Fatma Pesend’s white gown and silver kaftan in 1x04,5,6

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Fatma Pesend Hanım was the Third Ikbal of Ottoman sultan Abdülhamid II. She was born on 13 February 1876 in the Horhor district of Istanbul as Princess Fatma Kadriye. Her father was Prince Sami Bey Açba and her mother was a Tatar princess, Fatıma Ismailevna Mamleeva.

She was a vey good pianist and painter, as she had taken lessons from one of Turkey's first female painters. She also spoke French and Italian, and enjoyed horseback riding, especially with Arabian horses. She had a very extensive knowledge and loved to read books.

She firstly met Abdülhamid II when he was 54 and she was 20 years old. A year later she gave birth to Hatice Sultan, her only child, who died at only seven months. In his grief, the sultan had the first children hospital built in honour of his daughter; Fatma Hanım was entrusted with the administration of the hospital.

She was one of Abdülhamid II's most beloved consorts and followed him in exile in Thessalonika after his dethronement. Afterwards, when they returned to Istanbul, she asked to stay in Beylerbeyi Palace with her husband but her request was denied, so Fatma Pesend went back to her father. When she heard of Abdülhamid II's death, she cut her hair and threw it into the sea.

She lived a modest life in her father's house in Vaniköy, where she died on 5 November 1924. She was buried next to her mother. // Zeynep Özder as Fatma Pesend

sources: Harun Açba - Kadin Efendiler, Necdet Sakaoğlu - Bu Mülkün Kadın Sultanları

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(Almost) Every Costume Per Episode + Fatma’s white gown and gold kaftan with white lace detailing in 1x04