Zeynifelek Hanım
| Zeynifelek Hanım | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | c. 1824 North Caucasus | ||||
| Died | c. 1842 (aged 17–18) Old Çırağan Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (modern-day Istanbul, Turkey) | ||||
| Burial | Nakşidil Sultan Mausoleum, Fatih Mosque, Istanbul | ||||
| Spouse | |||||
| Issue | Behiye Sultan | ||||
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| House | Klıç (by birth) Ottoman (by marriage) | ||||
| Father | Aslan Klıç | ||||
| Mother | Şaşa Loo | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
Zeynifelek Hanım[a] (Ottoman Turkish: زین فلك خانم; c. 1824 – c. 1842), meaning "Ornament from heaven",[1] was the fifth wife of Sultan Abdulmejid I of the Ottoman Empire.
Life
Zeynifelek Hanım was born in 1824 in North Caucasus. She was a member of Abkhazian princely family, Klıç. Her father was Prince Aslan Bey Klıç and her mother was Princess Şaşa Hanım Loo.[2] She had an elder sister, Princess Ihvan Hanım (1821 – 1907), and a younger brother, Prince Osman Bey (died 1890).[3]
Zeynifelek was one of the girls that Bezmiâlem chose for her son, because of this she educated her well and made her learn painting. [3]
She had been brought to Istanbul at a young age, where her father entrusted her to the imperial harem together with her sister, and cousins,[4] Esmahan Iclal Loo (1823 – 1898),[5] and Arfa Geryalfer Klıç (1826 – 1881).[6] Here her name according to the custom of the Ottoman court was changed to Zeynifelek.
Zeynifelek married Abdulmejid in 1839. She was given the title of "Second Fortunate". On 22 February 1841, she gave birth to her only child, a daughter, Behiye Sultan in the Old Beşiktaş Palace. The princess died at the age of six in 1847.[7]
Death
Zeynifelek Hanım died of tuberculosis in 1842,[8] and was buried in the mausoleum of Nakşidil Sultan, Fatih Mosque, Istanbul.[3]
Charles White, who visited Istanbul in 1843, said following about her:
...Zinet or Zihem Felik [Zeynifelek]...died in 1842.[1]...The deceased...is said to have been of most intractable temper, and most jealous and fretful disposition. This eventually lead to the pulmonary complaint of which she died.[9]
Issue
Zeynifelek Hanım and Abdulmejid had one daughter:
- Behiye Sultan (Old Beşiktaş Palace, 22 February 1841 – Istanbul, Turkey, 3 June 1847); [7]
See also
Annotations
References
- ^ a b White 1846, p. 10.
- ^ Açba 2007, p. 48.
- ^ a b c Açba 2007, p. 49.
- ^ Açba 2007, p. 48-9.
- ^ Açba 2007, p. 48 n. 18.
- ^ Açba 2007, p. 48 n. 19.
- ^ a b Uluçay 2011, p. 220.
- ^ White 1846, p. 10-11.
- ^ White 1846, p. 11.
- ^ Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 604.
Sources
- Uluçay, M. Çağatay (2011). Padişahların kadınları ve kızları. Ötüken. ISBN 978-9-754-37840-5.
- Açba, Harun (2007). Kadın efendiler: 1839-1924. Profil. ISBN 978-9-759-96109-1.
- Sakaoğlu, Necdet (2008). Bu Mülkün Kadın Sultanları: Vâlide Sultanlar, Hâtunlar, Hasekiler, Kandınefendiler, Sultanefendiler. Oğlak Yayıncılık. ISBN 978-6-051-71079-2.
- Charles White (1846). Three years in Constantinople; or, Domestic manners of the Turks in 1844. London, H. Colburn.
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