Dilpesend Kadın

In this Ottoman Turkish style name, the given name is Dilpesend, the title is Kadın, and there is no family name.
Dilpesend Kadın
BornAzize Hanım
16 January 1865
Tiflis, Tiflis Governorate, Georgia, Caucasus Viceroyalty, Russian Empire
(now Tbilisi, Georgia)
Died17 June 1901(1901-06-17) (aged 36)
Yıldız Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(now Istanbul, Turkey)
Burial
Yahya Efendi Cemetery, Istanbul
Spouse
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(m. 1883)​
IssueNaile Sultan
Seniha Sultan
Names
Turkish: Azize Dilpesend Kadın
Ottoman Turkish: دل پسند قادین
HouseOttoman (by marriage)
FatherKızılbeg Maksud Giray Bey
MotherEsma Hanım
ReligionSunni Islam

Azize Dilpesend Kadın (Ottoman Turkish: دل پسند قادین; "Highly Esteemed" and "likeable to heart"; 16 January 1865 – 17 June 1901) was the fifth consort of Sultan Abdul Hamid II of the Ottoman Empire.[1]

Life

Of Georgian origin, Dilpesend Kadın was born on 16 January 1865 in Tbilisi, Georgia.[2] Born as Azize Hanım, she was the daughter of Kızılbeg Maksud Giray Bey[2][3][4] and his wife Esma Hanım.[4] She had a brother named Midhat Giray Bey, and two sisters named Mestiahu Hanım and Pakize Hanım. By father's part, she was a descendant of Giray dynasty, Khan of Crimea.[4] She was tall, had dark brown-black hair, and fair complexion. She is the least known of Abdülhamid II's consorts, so much so that she is often confused with another consort with a similar name, Pesend Hanım.[5]

Before her marriage to Abdülhamid II, she served in the entourage of Tiryal Hanım, last consort of Sultan Mahmud II, grandfather of Abdülhamid II.[6] After her death in 1883,[7] as custom dictated, all of Tiryal Hanım's servants were transferred to Dolmabahçe Palace or Yıldız Palace, where Abdülhamid II looked at her and chose her as his consort.[5]

Dilpesend married Abdul Hamid on 10 April 1883.[8][2] She was given the title of "Fourth Kadın". On, 9 January 1884, a year after the marriage, she gave birth to her first child, a daughter, Naile Sultan.[9] She was followed by another daughter, Seniha Sultan, in 1885, who died at the age of five months.[4] In 1895, she was elevated to the title of "Third Kadın".[1]

Death

Dilpesend Kadın died on 17 June 1901, at the age of thirty-six, in the Yıldız Palace,[10] and was buried in Yahya Efendi Cemetery, Istanbul.[1][11]

Issue

Name Birth Death Notes
Naile Sultan 9 February 1884[12][13][14] 25 October 1957[12][13][14] married once without issue
Seniha Sultan 1885 1885 died at the age of five months[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Uluçay 2011, p. 247.
  2. ^ a b c Ekinci, Ekrem Buğra (March 31, 2017). Sultan Abdülhamid'in Son Zevcesi. Timaş Tarih. p. 180. ISBN 978-6-050-82503-9.
  3. ^ Akyıldız, Ali (2018). Son Dönem Osmanlı Padişahlarının Nikâh Meselesi. p. 696.
  4. ^ a b c d e Uçan, Lale (2021). "Bir Sultan Ailesinin İnşâsı: Padişah II. Abdülhamid'in Kızlarından Nâile Sultan ve Damat Arif Hikmet Paşa'nın İzdivacı". Tarih Dergisi (in Turkish) (75): 191–221. doi:10.26650/iutd.963184. S2CID 243954306. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
  5. ^ a b Örik, Nahid Sırrı (1989). Abdülhamid'in haremi. Arba. p. 23.
  6. ^ Sakaoğlu 2008, pp. 682–683.
  7. ^ Haskan, Mehmet Nermi (2001). Yüzyıllar boyunca Üsküdar - Volume 3. Üsküdar Belediyesi. p. 1179. ISBN 978-9-759-76060-1.
  8. ^ Bey, Mehmet Sürreya (1969). Osmanlı devletinde kim kimdi, Volume 1. Küğ Yayını. p. 110.
  9. ^ The Concubine, the Princess, and the Teacher: Voices from the Ottoman Harem. University of Texas Press. 2010. p. 285. ISBN 978-0-292-78335-5.
  10. ^ Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 682.
  11. ^ Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 683.
  12. ^ a b Osmanoğlu 2000, p. 262.
  13. ^ a b Uluçay 2011, p. 255.
  14. ^ a b Brookes 2010, p. 285.

Sources

  • 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.
  • Osmanoğlu, Ayşe (2000). Babam Sultan Abdülhamid. Mona Kitap Yayinlari. ISBN 978-6-050-81202-2.
  • Sakaoğlu, Necdet (2008). Bu Mülkün Kadın Sultanları: Vâlide Sultanlar, Hâtunlar, Hasekiler, Kandınefendiler, Sultanefendiler. Oğlak Yayıncılık. ISBN 978-6-051-71079-2.
  • Uluçay, M. Çağatay (2011). Padişahların kadınları ve kızları. Ötüken. ISBN 978-975-437-840-5.