Dilpesend Kadın | |||||
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Born | Azize Hanim 16 January 1865 Tiflis, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire (now Tbilisi, Georgia) | ||||
Died | 17 June 1901 Yıldız Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (now Istanbul, Turkey) | (aged 36)||||
Burial | Yahya Efendi Cemetery,
Istanbul | ||||
Spouse | |||||
Issue |
Naile Sultan Seniha Sultan | ||||
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House | Ottoman (by marriage) | ||||
Father | Kızılbeg Maksud Giray Bey | ||||
Mother | Esma Hanım | ||||
Religion | Sunni 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]
Of Georgian origin, Dilpesend Kadın was born on 16 January 1865 in Tbilisi, Georgia. [2] Born as Azize Hanim, she was the daughter of Kızılbeg Maksud Giray Bey [2] [3] [4] and his wife Esma Hanım. [4] She had a brother named Midhat 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 wheat 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]
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]
Name | Birth | Death | Notes |
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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] |