Feride Hanımsultan (; "''unique''"; 30 May 1847 – December 1920) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Atiye Sultan and

Ahmed Fethi Pasha Ahmed Fethi Pasha (born 1801 in Rhodes – died 1858 in Constantinople), was an Ottoman marshal, ambassador and industrialist, who belonged to the Cretan Muslim community. Career Prior to becoming a Marshal, Ahmed served as ambassador to Russ ...

and the granddaughter of the Ottoman Sultan

Mahmud II Mahmud II (, ; 20 July 1785 – 1 July 1839) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1808 until his death in 1839. Often described as the "Peter the Great of Turkey", Mahmud instituted extensive administrative, military, and fiscal reforms ...

Biography

Feride Hanımsultan was born on 30 May 1847. Her father was Ahmed Fethi Pasha, son of Rodoslu Hafız Ahmed Agha and Saliha Hanım, and her mother was Atiye Sultan, daughter of Sultan

and Pervizifelek Kadın. She had a full sister, Seniye Hanımsultan, three years elder than her. She also had five paternal half-siblings, brothers Mehmed Besim Bey and Damat Mahmud Celaleddin Pasha, who married

Cemile Sultan Cemile Sultan (; "''beautiful, radiant''"; 17 August 1843 – 26 February 1915) was an Ottoman dynasty, Ottoman princess, the daughter of Sultan Abdulmejid I and Düzdidil Hanım. She was the half sister of Sultans Murad V, Abdul Hamid II, Mehme ...

, daughter of Sultan

Abdulmejid I ʻAbd al-Majīd (ALA-LC romanization of , ), also spelled as Abd ul Majid, Abd ul-Majid, Abd ol Majid, Abd ol-Majid, and Abdolmajid, is a Muslim male given name and, in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and ''al-Maj ...

, and sisters, Ferdane Hanım, Saliha Yeğane Hanım and Emine Güzide Hanım. After their mother's death in 1850, Feride and Seniye came of the possession of their mother's palace in Emirgan, while Atiye's palace in Arnavutköy was allocated for the guests, who visited the empire. Later their palace in Emirgan was given to the governor of Egypt, and the two of them were allocated to the villa of Rıza Pasha. Later the two of them came of the possession of the palace in Arnavutköy. In 1868, she married Mahmud Nedim Pasha. The two together had a son, Mehmed Saib Bey, born on 1861, who died on 26 November 1871. She was widowed at his death in 1904. In 1912, the "Hilal-i Ahmer Centre for Women" was organized within the "Ottoman Hilal-i Ahmer Association", a foundation established in 1877 to provide medical care in Istanbul and surrounding communities. As a member of the foundation, Feride was obliged to give the foundation 1500 ''kuruş'' every year. Feride died in December 1920, and was buried in Yahya Efendi Cemetery, Istanbul.

Honour

Order of the House of Osman The Order of the House of Osman (, Modern ) was an Order (honour), order of the Ottoman Empire founded on 31 August 1893 by Sultan Abdul Hamid II. It was awarded to senior male and female members of the Ottoman dynasty, Imperial family, statesmen ...

Issue

Ancestry

References

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