#Dürrinev Kadın

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

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Can all of Abdulmecid I and abdulzaz children.

Abdülmecid I’s children

Abdülaziz’s: 

Yusuf İzzeddin Efendi (1857-1916), with Dürrinev Kadın

Fatma Saliha Sultan (1862-1941), with Dürrinev Kadın

Mahmud Celaleddin Efendi (1862-1888), with Edadil Kadın

Emine Sultan (1866-1867), with Edadil Kadın

Nazime Sultan (1866-1947), with Hayran-i Dil Kadın

Mehmed Selim Efendi (1866-1867), mother unknown

Halife Abdülmecid Efendi (1868-1944), with Hayran-i Dil Kadın

Mehmed Şevket Efendi (1872-1899), with Neşerek Kadın 

Esma Sultan (1873-1899), with Gevheri Kadın

Emine Sultan (1874-1920), with Neşerek Kadın  

Mehmed Seyfeddin Efendi (1874-1927), withGevheri Kadın 

Fatma Gevheri Sultan (1874-1875), mother unknown

Münire Sultan (1876-1877), mother unknown

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Hello,could you list some of Mahmud ll’s granddaughters.

Hello! I have listed all the granddaughters in case someone else wants to know about more of them.

by Saliha Sultan:

Ayşe Sıdıka Hanımsultan (1821 – 1886), who married Server Paşa, son of Saîd Server Efendi.

by Atiye Sultan:

Seniyye Hanımsultan (3.10.1843 – 10.12.1910), who married Hüseyin Hüsnî Paşa, son of Sırkâtibizâde Mustafa Paşa.

Feride Hanımsultan (30.5.1847 – 1.1913), who married Mahmûd Nedîm Paşa and, with him, had Mehmed Sâib Bey (1861 – 28.11.1871)

by Adile Sultan:

Sıdıka Hanımsultan, died in infancy

Aliyye Hanımsultan, died in infancy

Hayriye Hanım-Sultân (6.1846 – 26.7.1869), who married Ahmed Rifat Bey later Paşa

by Sultan Abdülmecid:

Mevhibe Sultan (9/31.5.1840 - 3.11.1840/9.2.1841), daughter of Huşyar Kadınefendi

Naime Sultan (11.10.1840 - 1.5.1843), daughter of Tirimüjgan Kadınefendi and thus full sister of Abdülhamid II.

Fatma Sultan (1.11.1840 - 26.8.1884), daughter of Gülcemal Kadınefendi and thus full sister of Refia Sultan and Sultan Mehmed V Reşad. She firstly married Galib Paşa, who drowned at sea, and secondly Mehmed Nuri Paşa, with whom she had: Mehmed Fuad (1859-1862) and Emine Lutfiye Hanımsultan (1863-1866)

Behiye Sultan (22.2.1841 - 3.6.1847) her mother is listed as the Second Ikbal but no name was given.

Neyyire Sultan (13.10.1841 - 14.1.1844)

Hatice (?) Refia Sultan (7.2.1842 - 4.1.1880), daughter of Gülcemal Kadınefendi, she married Mahmud Edhem Bey (son of the above mentioned Adile Sultan's husband Mehmed Ali Paşa, from a previous wife)

Aliyye Sultan (20.10.1842 - 23.7.1844/10.7.1845), possibly daughter of Şevkefza, later Valide Sultan, and thus full sister of Murad V

Cemile Sultan (17.8.1843 - 26.2.1915), daughter of Düzdidil Kadınefendi, she married Mahmud Celaleddin Bey later Paşa with whom she had: Fethiye Hanımsultan (1887-1915), Fatıma Hanımsultan (1890-1901), Sakıp Bey (1897-1930), Mehmed Celaleddin Bey (maybe twin of Sakıp Bey, 1897-1916)

Münire Sultan (9.12.1844 - 29.6.1862), daughter of Verdicanan Kadınefendi, she married firstly İbrahim İlhami Paşa and secondly Ferik (lieutenant general) İbrahim Paşa

Samiye Sultan (23.2.1845 - 15.4.1845)

Nazime Sultan (26.11.1847 - 1.12.1847)

Sabiha Sultan (15.4.1848 - 27.4.1849), daughter of Mahitab Hanım

Behice Sultan (26.8.1848 - 30.11.1876), daughter of Nesrin Hamın, she married Halil Hamid Paşazade Hamid Bey but died only 14 days after the wedding.

Mukbile Sultan (9.2.1850 - 25.2.1850), daughter of the Fourth Ikbal, no name was given.

Seniha Sultan (5.12.1851 - 15.9.1931), daughter of Nalandil Hanım, she married Mahmud Celaleddin Paşa, with whom she had: "Prince" Sabahaddin Bey (1877-1948) and Sultanzade Lütfullah Bey (1880-1973). Sabahaddin Bey was called "the Prince" in Europe.

Zekiye Sultan (26.1.1855 - 19.2.1856), twin sister of Fehime Sultan

Fehime Sultan (26.1.1855 - 10.11.1856), twin sister of Zekiye Sultan

Şehime Sultan (1.3.1855 - 21.5.1857), daughter of Senior Ikbal Nalandil.

Mediha Sultan (30.7.1856 - 7/9.11.1928), daughter of Gülistu Hamın and thus full sister of Mehmed VI Vahideddin. She married firstly Sami Paşa-zade Necip Bey later Paşa and secondly Damat Ferid Paşa.

Naile Sultan (30.9.1856 - 7/18.1.1882), daughter of Şayeste Hanım, she married Kabasakal Çerkes Mehmed Paşa but died at the age of 25.

Bedia/Bedihe Sultan (30.9.1857 - 12.7.1858), daughter of Serfiraz Hanım

By Sultan Abdülaziz:

Saliha Sultan (10.8.1862 - 1941?), daughter of Dürrinev Başkadınefendi and younger sister of Şehzade Yusuf İzzeddin Efendi. "She was engaged to a son of Khedive Ismail of Egypt, but the engagement was broken off  after her father’s deposal and in April 1889 she married Ahmed Zülküfil Paşa". Her only child was Kâmile Hanım Sultan, who died in 1896.

Nazima Sultan (26.2.1866 - 26.11.1895), daughter of Hayranıdil Kadın, she married Ali Halid Paşa in 1889. She died at the age of 29.

Emine Sultan (1.12.1866 - 22.1.1867), daughter of Edadil Kadın

Esma Sultan (21.3.1873 - 8.5.1899), daughter of Gevheri Hanım, she married Çerkes Mehmed Paşa (former husband of her cousin Naile Sultan) and with him had: Sultanzade Hayreddin Bey (1889), Sultanzade Saadeddin Bey (1895), Sultanzade Hasan Bedreddin(?) and Mihriban Hanımsultan(?). She died in childbirth.

Fatma Sultan (1874): was born and died in the same year.

Emine Sultan (24.8.1874 - 30.1.1920), daughter of Nesrin Kadın. Abdülhamid II had proposed her marriage to his eldest son Abdülkadir Efendi but she did not like the prospect, so in the end she married Çavdaroğlu Ahmed Şükrü Paşa in 1901

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On this day, 12 June, in Ottoman history

12 June 1444 - truce between Hungary, Poland and Serbia and the Ottoman Empire: “Through contacts facilitated by the Sultan [Murad II]’s Serbian wife Mara, the leaders Wladyslaw of Hungary-Poland, John Hunyadi of Transylvania and George Branković of Serbia sent an embassy to Murad in Edirne where, on 12 June 1444, a ten-year truce was agreed.” – Caroline Finkel, Osman’s Dream: The History of the Ottoman Empire

12 June 1870 - birth of Nazperver Kadın: her real name Rukiye, she was born on 12 June 1870 in Beşiktaş to Prince Ismail Çikotua and Princess Aliye Dziapş-lpa. She was sent to the palace to her aunt Dürrinev Kadın to be educated, and she learned French especially well. During a dinner, she was noticed by Prince Reşad Efendi (the future Mehmed V), who married her in Veliahd Palace in 1888. A year later, she gave birth to Refia sultan, but the little princess drowned and, even though she wished for another child, she had no more. Safiye Ünüvar mentioned her in her memoirs: “The lady Nazperver was raised to the rank of Third Consort upon the death of the lady Dürrüaden. The same day of our visit to the Imperial Lodge, my kalfa and I went over to the apartments assigned to this consort. She was plump, as were the other consorts, and tall. Although at first impression she did not appear particularly learned, she did have a refined and kindly air about her that made a good impression. There was something rather sad about her, the cause of which I learned later. It seems that having no children weighed heavily upon her, despite the fact that the Sultan treated her most kindly and graciously, and so she lived out her life in this rather downhearted fashion. She asked me to visit her often and showed me much kindness”. Her niece later described her as a “very beautiful woman with long curly blond hair like gold, blue eyes, thick lips and a long neck”. She used to tour the hospitals in Istanbul during World War I, which she also helped with her own money. Wherever she went, crowds poured out on the streets to see her and would scream “May Allah protect you, Your Highness”. She was loved by many. Her niece Princess Mülkicihan Açba was present when she died: “What is this, Mülkicihan?” “What is what, Your Highness?” “Look, Mülkicihan, look. The sky has opened up. Do you hear this sound? The Lord is coming to take me to my daughter. God willing, I will be able to see my Master again.” She died on 9 March 1929 in Vaniköy.

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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.