#durrinev kadin

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Dürrinev Kadin, the Baş Kadin (chief consort) of Sultan Abdulaziz.

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Sultân Abdülazîz + family

Consorts:

Dürr-i Nev Başkadınefendi (15.3.1835-4.12.1895): born Princess Melek Dziapş-lpa, she was the daughter of Prince Mahmud Bey Dziapş-lpa and Princess Halime Hanım. She was the eldest of three sisters and entered palace service with her younger sister Princess Ayşe Kemalifer. She became a lady of Servetseza Kadınefendi and received a good education: she was a good pianist and could speak French without an accent. She also made some paintings which she later gave to Bezmialem Valide Sultan and Servetseza Kadınefendi. Dürrinev had long blonde hair and hazel eyes; when the future Sultan Abdülaziz first saw her, he immediately asked Servetseza Kadınefendi to let him marry his lady-in-waiting. The wedding took place on 20 May 1856 in Dolmabahçe Palace; a year later she gave birth to Yûsuf İzzeddîn Efendi (1857-1916), then to Saliha Sultan (1862-1941). After Abdülaziz's dethronement, she was imprisoned in Feriye Palace in the apartments above his. She fainted when she saw his corpse. She died on 4 December 1895 and was buried in the mausoleum of Mahmud II.

Edâ-dil Kadınefendi (1845?-1875): Second Imperial Consort, she was Abkhazian and was the daughter of Prince Aredba Tandal Bey. She entered palace service at a young age, where she was especially liked by Pertevniyal Valide Sultan. Edadil was given to Sultan Abdülaziz as a gift for his accession to the throne. She was said to be beautiful, with blue eyes and brown hair. She was the mother of Mahmûd Celâleddîn Efendi (1862-1888) and Emine Sultan (1866-1867). The sudden death of her brother affected her a lot and she died young in 1875. She was buried in the mausoleum of Mahmud II.

Hayrân-ı Dil Kadınefendi (1846-1895): Second Imperial Consort after the death of Edâ-dil Kadınefendi. There is no certain information about her background and family, nor how she entered palace service before becoming a consort. She married Sultan Abdülaziz on 21 September 1865, a year later she gave birth to Nazime Sultan (1866-1895/1947) and then to Caliph Abdülmecid II (1868-1944). After the deposition of Murad V, she was allowed to retire to Ortaköy Palace. She died on 26 November 1895 and was buried in the mausoleum of Mahmud II.

Neşerek Kadınefendi (1848-1876): Third Imperial Consort, she was most probably Caucasian and born in Sochi to Prince İsmail Bey Zevş-Barakay. She married Sultan Abdülaziz in 1868. She was the mother of Mehmed Şevket Efendi (1872-1899) and of Emine Sultan (1874-1920). She died on 11 June 1876 and was buried in the Yeni Mosque.

Gevheri Kadınefendi (1856-1884): Fourth Imperial Consort, she was the mother of Esma Sultan (1873-1899) and Mehmed Seyfeddin Efendi (1874-1927). Her real name was Enime, her father was Salih Bey and her mother was the daughter of Prince Tsanba Osman Bey. She had long curly auburn hair and blue eyes. She always wore white dresses and a light blue veil on her head; her only jewelry were the rings Abdülaziz gave her on their wedding day in 1872. Gevheri was a very charitable women: she helped the poor however she could, paid for the education of young orphans and even supplied funds to repair several mosques and schools. She died in Ortaköy Palace on 6 September 1884 and was buried in the Yeni Mosque.

Children

Şehzade Yûsuf İzzeddîn Efendi (11.10.1857-1.2.1916): Abdülazîz's eldest child, he was kept secret in Kadri Bey's villa in Eyüp until his accession to the throne in 1861. He was considered the true heir to the throne by his father, who tried throughout his reign to change the line of succession to primogeniture. Izzeddin travelled to Europe with his father at 10 years old and later, in 1910, represented the Ottoman Dynasty at the funeral of Edward VII of the United Kingdom. He had five consorts and four children: Șehzade Mehmed Bahaeddin (2.1883 - 8.11.1883), Hatice Şükriye Sultan (24.2.1906 - 1.4.1972), Șehzade Mehmed Nizameddin (18.12.1908-19.3.1933) and Mihriban Mihrişah Sultan (30.8.1916 -25.1.1987)

Saliha Sultan (10.8.1862-1941): Şehzade Izzeddin's full-sister. She was born in Dolmabahçe Palace. At the age of 13, she was engaged to the son of the Khedive of Egypt, but Abdulhamid II broke the engagement, and Saliha Sultan had to wait 13 more years before getting married. In 1889 she married Ahmed Zülküf Bey (later Paşa), who was said to have been very handsome. Their only child was Kâmile Hanım-Sultân (1890-1896). She moved to Egypt after the Dynasty was exiled and died in poverty at the age of eighty. 

Şehzade Mahmud Celaleddin Efendi (14.11.1862-1.9.1888): he was Vice Admiral of the Imperial Army, a pianist and a flautist. His aunt Adile Sultan, a renowned poet, wrote several compositions to celebrate him. 

Nazima Sultan (25.2.1866-1895/1947): daughter of Second Imperial Consort Hayrân-ı Dil Kadınefendi, she studied French in childhood. She married Dâmâd Alî Hâlid Paşâ on 20 April 1889. While Öztuna claims that she died in 1947, Sakaoğlu believes that his source, N. S. Örik, mistook Nazima for her elder sister Saliha.   

Şehzade Mehmed Selim Efendi (28.10.1866-21.10.1867): buried in the mausoleum of Mahmud II

Emine Sultan (30.11.1866-23.1.1867): buried in the mausoleum of Mahmud II

Caliph Abdülmecid II (29.5.1868-23.8.1944): younger child of Second Imperial Consort Hayrân-ı Dil Kadınefendi, he was the last Caliph of the Ottoman Empire.

Şehzade Mehmed Şevket Efendi (5.6.1872-22.10.1899): son of Third Imperial Consort Neşerek Kadınefendi, he was only 4 years old when he lost his father so he grew very close to his uncle Abdülhamîd II, who took him to Yildiz Palace and raised him alongside his sons. He was married to Fatma Rûy-i Nâz Hanımefendi and had a son, Mehmed Cemâleddîn Efendi (1891-1947).

Esma Sultan (21.3.1873-7.5.1899): daughter of Fourth Imperial Consort Gevheri Kadınefendi, according to Alderson she was instead daughter of Neşerek Kadınefendi. As she had lost her father at the age of three, she grew up in the household of her eldest brother Şehzade Yûsuf İzzeddîn Efendi. She was very beautiful: tall, slim, with black eyes and very white skin. On 20 April 1889 she married Dâmâd Kabasakal Çerkes Mehmed Paşa, 20 years her senior and previously the husband of her aunt Naile Sultan. She had five children: Sultân-zâde Hasan Bedreddîn Beyefendi (1890-29.1.1909), Sultân-zâde Hayreddîn Beyefendi (1892-1987),  Mihribân Hanım-Sultân (1894-1894), Sultân-zâde Sâ'deddîn Beyefendi (14.6.1895-1970s) and Sultân-zâde 'Abdullâh Beyefendi (1899-stillborn). Esma Sultan died after delivering her fourth son and fifth child.

Fatma Sultan (1874-1875): buried in the mausoleum of Mahmud II

Emine Sultan (24.8.1874-29.1.1920): daughter of Neşerek Kadınefendi, she was raised in the household of her eldest brother Şehzade Yûsuf İzzeddîn Efendi. She married Dâmâd Mehmed Şerif "Çavdaroğlu" Paşa in 1901 and had a daughter with him, Hamide Hanım-Sultân, who died in infancy.

Şehzade Mehmed Seyfeddîn Efendi (22.9.1874-19.10.1927): Vice Admiral of the Ottoman army, he was a great musician, a student of Callisto Guatelli. In 1914 he bought the organ from the Chapelle St. Louis and had it brought to Istanbul. He had two consorts and four children: Şehzade Mehmed Abdülazîz Efendi (1901-1977), Şehzade Mahmud Sevket Efendi (1903-1973), Şehzade Ahmed Tevhid Efendi (1904-1966) and Fatma Gevheri Sultan (1904-1980) 

Münire Sultan (1877): posthumous child, she died in infancy.  

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On this day, 20 May, in Ottoman history

20 May 1586 - wedding of Ayşe Sultan and Damad Ibrahim Paşa: the eldest child of Murad III was married to the future Grand Vizier in the Old Palace in a magnificent ceremony. At the wedding procession, Ayşe Sultan was seated behind a screen of red satin on her palanquin surrounded by four horsemen. As she reached the gates of the Old Palace, Grand Vizier Siyavuş Paşa took the head of the cortège, on foot, and escorted the princess to the palace of Ibrahim Paşa where, dressed in the sable fur given to him by Murad III, entertained guests for days. At the end of the celebrations, the new damad was escorted to the rooms of the princess where he prayed, kissed his new wife and waited for her permission to sit down.

20 May 1622 - execution of Osman II: Halime Sultan, again Valide Sultan, suggested her son-in-law Kara Davud Paşa as the new Grand Vizier, and the janissaries consented. Osman, who had been taken into custody at the Orta Camii, was taken to Yedikule by the Grand Vizier and was strangled. Kara Davud Paşa sent Osman’s ear to Halime Sultan, and the deposed sultan was buried next to his father Ahmed I.

20 May 1856 - wedding of Abdülaziz and Dürrinev Kadın: the future sultan and his future Senior Imperial Consort were married in Dolmabahçe Palace. A year later Dürrinev gave birth to Prince Yusuf İzzeddin Efendi and to Seniha Sultan in 1862.

20 May 1878 - the Ali Suavi incident: Ali Suavi was a journalist, author and critic of Abdülhamid II. He was the figurehead of the third attempt to restore Murad V but the real organisers, according to Murad V’s kalfa Filizten Hanım, were: Prince Kemaleddin, Prince Süleyman, Seniha Sultan, Fatma Sultan, and Damad Mahmud Pasha, father of Prince Sabaheddin and husband of Seniha Sultan. Ali Suavi led about 250 refugees from the recent Russo-Ottoman War in an assault on Çırağan Palace. They entered through windows on the ground floor and, passing through the harem, shouted: “Ladies, don’t be alarmed! Don’t be frightened! We will do you no harm! And where is our Prince? Where is our Prince, Sultan Murad? We have come to rescue him!” “In the meanwhile our master had slowly come out of his apartments with the Lady Mother at his side and stood facing them. As soon as the men saw our master they ran over to him and threw themselves at his feet, then got up and gathered all around him. Our master spoke in a loud voice. We heard the following exchange: “What have you done with my brother?” “Sire, nothing’s been done with him yet. First we’ve come to swear allegiance to Your Majesty, then we’re going to depose him”. But before they could take Murad V out of Çırağan Palace, Hasan Pasha (security chief of the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul, which included Yıldız and Çırağan Palaces within its boundaries) had arrived with some policemen. Afterwards, the troops arrived and the rebels were slaughtered inside the palace. In the aftermath of the failed coup, Abdülhamid II strengthened the security inside and around Çırağan Palace, effectively imprisoning Murad V and his family until his death.

20 May 1924 - divorce of Mehmed VI Vahideddin and Nevvare Başhanım: following the sultan’s exile to Italy in 1922, Nevvare Hanım asked her husband for a divorce, who finally accepted through a letter on 20 May 1924. She proceeded to marry a merchant, Mevlüd Bey, two years later.

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On this day, 15 March, in Ottoman history

15 March 1536 - execution of Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha; probably the first important favourite in Süleyman I’s reign, he had risen to the rank of Grand Vizier without an actual political career. Since he was considered an outsider by the Ottoman élite, Süleyman organised a marriage between Ibrahim and Muhsine Hatun, granddaughter of Iskender Pasha (the man Ibrahim had first served after being captured). The wedding celebrations were so lavish that prompted historians to believe he had married a princess. Ibrahim Pasha is also credited to have been the one who presented Hürrem to Süleyman. On the evening 14 March 1536, Ibrahim went to Topkapi Palace to break Ramadan fast with Süleyman, and went to sleep in the room he still mantained in the inner palace. During the night, he was garroted with a bowstring, the usual method of death for Ottoman royalty. His body was removed from the palace in secret and buried an unmarked grave, maybe in the garden of a dervish hostel near the imperial court. Süleyman had effectively obliterated his Grand Vizier and friend from youth. Only Ibrahim’s wife Muhsine remembered him with a mosque in his memory in the Kumkapı district of Istanbul.

15 March 1835 - birth of Dürrinev Başkadın; Abdülaziz’s Senior Consort was born Melek to Prince Mahmud Bey Dziapş-lpa and his wife Princess  Halime Hanım Çikotua. She was sent to Istanbul with her sister Ayşe to serve Servetseza Kadın, consort of Abdülmecid I, who gave them a thorough turkish and french education. Renamed Dürrinev, she was an accomplished pianist and could spoke French without an accent. She also painted, and presented some of her works to Bezmialem Valide Sultan and Servetseza Kadın. Sometime before 1856, Prince Abdülaziz noticed her and asked her hand to Servetseza Kadın, who firstly refused before finally accepting. Abdülaziz and Dürrinev got married on 20 May 1856. On 11 October 1857 she gave birth to Prince Yusuf İzzeddin, but since her husband was still a prince, her child had to be kept a secret until Abdülaziz‘s accession. Her second and last child, Saliha Sultan, was born on 11 August 1862. After his deposition, Abdülaziz and his harem were imprisoned inside Feriye Palace, where Dürrinev shared a room with Şemifer and Zevkyab Hanım. Abdülaziz died only a couple of days later, but the imprisonment later until Abdülhamid II ascended the throne. Dürrinev Başkadın continued to live in Feriye Palace until her death on 4 December 1895.

15 March 1875 - second letter between Refia and Behice Sultan; in this letter, Refia Sultan tells her sister that one day, while she was sitting in Defterdarburnu Palace with her kalfas and her female slaves, she saw Behice Sultan’s fiancé Hamid Bey from the window and they all liked him very much.

15 March 1945 - death of Şayan Kadın; Murad V's Third Imperial Consort, she was born on 4 January 1853 in Anapa. Her father was Zan Batır Bey. She must have entered service in the palace at a young age because she was only sixteen when she married Prince Murad on 5 February 1869 in Dolmabahçe Palace. She became pregnant in the same year and Pertevniyal Valide Sultan sent a midwife to perform an abortion. Murad, though, was able to get permission from Abdulaziz to have the child so Şayan gave birth to Hatice Sultan in the house of Dr. Emir Pasha. Seven days later the baby was secretly taken inside the Heir's apartments and raised in the room of one of the kalfas until the prince ascended the throne. Filitzen Kalfa described her as "one of those beauties one encounters but rarely". She had blue eyes, a rose-pink face and was especially lovely. After Murad V was deposed in favour of his half-brother  Abdülhamid II, Şayan Kadın stayed in Çırağan Palace even after everyone had left after Murad's death. When the Dynasty was exiled in 1924, she moved to Ortaköy with Reftaridil Kadın. In her last years she suffered from dementia and used to yell that the soldiers were coming to raid the palace. She died on 15 March 1945.