#Kapudanpaşa

[avetruth]

Davut Adlığ. Şehrîzâde Mehmed Saîd Efendi'nin Tuhfe-i Mustafâviyye fî Beyân-ı Kapudanân-ı Devlet-i Aliyyesi'nin transkripsiyon ve değerlendirilmesi. Doktora tezi (2020) https://www.avetruthbooks.com/2023/10/davut-adlig-sehrizade-mehmed-said-efendinin-tuhfe-i-mustafaviyye-fi-beyan-i-kapudanan-i-devlet-i-aliyyesinin-transkripsiyon-ve-degerlendirilmesi-doktora-tezi-2020.html

[ottomanladies]

Hello,Could you list the Abdülhamid i’s daughters.

Hello! Sorry for the late reply but harem asks are way more complicated so they take more time.

Ayşe Dürrüşşehvar Hanım (1767 - 11.5.1831): she was born before her father became sultan and so she should have been killed. Abdülhamid, though, managed to smuggle her out of the palace and the princess was raised outside. Therefore she never acquired the title of Sultan even though her father doted on her: Abdülhamid I declared her his “adopted daughter” and her rank was virtually the same as his other daughters’. This is the reason why her father’s name is not present in her seal, as it should be. At 17, Durrüşşehvar married Ahmed Nazif Efendi, son of Hacı Selim Ağa, a bookshop owner in Üsküdar; the sultan doted on his son-in-law, but when Selim III succeeded him, he had both Ahmed Nazif Efendi and Hacı Selim Ağa executed in 1789. With her husband, Durrüşşehvar had two daughters: Atiyyetullah and Zeynep (born in 1789). After his execution, she decided not to marry again, so her half-brother Mahmud II had Kuruçeşme Palace prepared for her and for her mother, who had been kept a secret until that moment. Ayşe Dürrüşşehvar Hanım lived a comfortable life there until her death in 1831. She was buried in the garden of Nakşıdil Valide Sultan’s mausoleum. Her daughter Zeynep later married Izmir Rahmi Efendi.

Hatice Sultan (12.1.1776 - 8.11.1776): the identity of her mother is unknown. Since she was the first child of Abdülhamid I born during his sultanate, much importance was attached to her birth and even Fermanı (royal decrees) were issued to mark the event. For ten days, various kinds of demonstrations and entertainments were held in Istanbul and festivals were ordered throughout the Empire. Unfortunately, the little princess died on November 8th of the same year, and was buried in the Yeni Mosque.

Ayşe Sultan (30.7.1777 - 8.9.1777): second official daughter of Abdülhamid I, she only lived for 54 days. She was buried in the Yeni Mosque.

Esma Sultan “the Younger” (17.7.1778 - 4.6.1848): daughter of Ayşe Sineperver and elder sister of Mustafa IV. At 14 years old, her cousin Selim III married her to Küçük Hüseyin Paşa, who was 36 at the time. After her marriage she was known as “Kapudanpaşa Sultanı” (Kapudanpaşa being the title of her husband). Her palace became the centre of Istanbul society and the daughters of Mustafa III Şah, Beyhan, and Hatice Sultan were regulars there. Esma Sultan was widowed at the age of 25 but chose not to remarry agian. She was extremely influential in the enthronement of her brother Mustafa IV and the deposition of their uncle Selim III. Nevertheless, she became close to her half-brother Mahmud II too, who cherished her as his favourite sister and basically granted her total freedom in her life. It is said that even the son of King Louis-Philippe of France was attracted to the dazzling princess, whose clothes and jewels were always sought-after by rich women in the capital. Esma Sultan survived her brother Mahmud II and saw the reign of her nephew Abdülmecid. When she died, at 70 years old, she was not buried with her father but with her favourite brother, Mahmud II.

Rabia Sultan (20.3.1780 - 17.5.1780): she died after only 69 days and was buried in the Hamidiye Tomb.

Aynışah Sultan (10.7.1780 - 11.8.1780): buried in the Hamidiye Tomb.

Melekşah Sultan (28.1.1781 - 24.12.1781): died at the age of 11 months, buried in the Hamidiye Tomb.

Rabia Sultan (10.8.1781 - 13.2.1782): buried in the Hamidiye Tomb.

Fatma Sultan (12.12.1782 - 3.11.1785): she could be the Fatma Sultan for whom Mihrişah Valide Sultan built a fountain near the Fındıklı Molla Çelebi Mosque. She was buried in the Hamidiye Tomb.

Alemşah Sultan (11.11.1784 - 2.1786): because of her name she was mistaken for a prince by Alderson. Three days of festivals and celebrations were held for her birth, but she died only seventeen months later. She was buried in the Hamidiye Tomb.

Saliha Sultan (27.11.1786 - 5.6.1787): buried in the Hamidiye Tomb.

Emine Sultan (5.1.1788 - 3/5.1791): Abdülhamid I deeply hoped that at least this princess would survive, and showered her with gifts. She was given the properties who had belonged to Esma Sultan “the Elder” when she died in August 1788, and several Chechen entertainers were purchased for the little princess. Unfortunately the sultan died in 1789 and then Emine Sultan herself in 1791, of smallpox. She was buried in the Hamidiye Tomb.

Zekiye Sultan (?? - 20.3.1788): she doesn’t figure in Sicill-i Osmani but she is included among Abdülhamid I’s daughters in Cevdet’s History.

Hibetullah Sultan (6/16.3.1789 - 18.9.1841): daughter of Fatıma Şebisefa Kadın, she was Abdülhamid I’s latest child as she was born a month before his death. In 1801 she was promised to Alaeddin Paşa, son of Damad Seyyid Ahmed Paşa, and thus her cousin. They got married on 30 January 1804 in Kadırga Palace; a year later, her mother Fatima Şebisefa died. In 1808, Mustafa IV was deposed and Hibetullah tried to reinstate him, helping her sister Esma Sultan, but Mahmud II found out and forbade them to communicate with each other and to the outside. Her husband died at twenty-three years old, and Hibetullah chose not to remarry again. Her half-brother Mahmud II gave her all the properties that had belonged to her mother, and she lived in Kadırga Palace until her death at 52. She was buried in the mausoleum of Mahmud II.

[ottomanladies]

On this day, 4 June, in Ottoman history

4 June 1756 - death of Zübeyde Sultan: daughter of Ahmed III and Musli Kadın, she was two when her father was deposed and so she grew up in the Old Palace. On 6 January 1748 she married Karaalizade Süleyman Paşa, governor of Anatolia, but her husband died only six months later. On 6 January 1749 she married Numan Paşa, who was appointed governor of Thessaloniki and Kavala. The princess lived in Edirne, in the property that her father Ahmed III had bestowed upon her, while her husband travelled around the empire between his provinces and the divan. Zübeyde Sultan fell sick and died at only 28 years old, on 4 June 1756. She was buried in the Yeni Mosque.

4 June 1848 - death of Esma Sultan “the younger”: daughter of Abdulhamid I and Ayşe Sineperver, she was the elder sister of Mustafa IV. She was 11 years old when her father died so it fell upon her cousin Selim III to find her a husband. He chose Küçük Hüseyin Paşa, whom she married on 15 December 1792. After her marriage she was known as “Kapudanpaşa Sultanı” (Kapudanpaşa being the title of her husband). Her palace became the centre of Istanbul society and the daughters of Mustafa III Şah, Beyhan, and Hatice Sultan were regulars. Esma Sultan was widowed at the age of 25 but chose not to remarry agian. She was extremely influential in the enthronement of her brother Mustafa IV and the deposition of their uncle Selim III. Nevertheless, she became close to her half-brother Mahmud II too, who cherished her as his favourite sister and basically granted her total freedom in her life. It is said that even the son of King Louis-Philippe of France was attracted to the dazzling princess, whose clothes and jewels were always sought-after by rich women in the capital. Esma Sultan survived her brother Mahmud II and saw the reign of her nephew Abdülmecid. When she died, at 70 years old, she was not buried with her father but with her favourite brother, Mahmud II.

4 June 1876 - death of Abdülaziz: after the coup that put Murad V on the throne, the former sultan and his family had been moved from Topkapi Palace to Çırağan Palace on June 1st. On the evening of June 4th, he asked for a pair of scissors to adjust his beard. The following morning a servant found him dead in the room, his wrists slashed with the little scissors used for his beard. Even though his death seemed suspicious, both foreign and Ottoman physicians examined his body and they all concluded that he had committed suicide.