Nesrin Hanım ( ota, نسرین خانم; "''wild rose''", 1826 - 2 January 1853) was a consort of Sultan
Abdulmejid I
Abdulmejid I ( ota, عبد المجيد اول, ʿAbdü'l-Mecîd-i evvel, tr, I. Abdülmecid; 25 April 182325 June 1861) was the 31st Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and succeeded his father Mahmud II on 2 July 1839. His reign was notable for the r ...
of the
Ottoman Empire
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She was Georgian, daughter of the noble Manuçar Bey Asemiani and his wife Mahra Hanim, and was chosen by Abdülmejid's mother, Bezmiâlem Sultan, as consort for her son. She married Abdulmejid in 1842. She was given the title of "Third Ikbal" and later "Second Ikbal". The same year, she gave birth to her first child, a son Şehzade Mehmed Ziyaeddin. The prince died young. On 6 August 1848, she gave birth to her second child, a daughter,
Behice Sultan
Behice Sultan ( ota, بهيجه سلطان; "''Happy''"; 6 August 1848 – 30 November 1876) was an Ottoman princess, daughter of Sultan Abdulmejid I and Nesrin Hanım. She was the half-sister of Sultans Murad V, Abdul Hamid II, Mehmed V, and Me ...
in the Old Çırağan Palace.
In 1850 she gave birth to twins, Şehzade Mehmed Nizameddin and Şehzade Mehmed Bahaeddin. Abdulmejid was on a trip in Anatolia, and received the news of their birth through his mother,
Bezmiâlem Sultan
ota, بزم عالم سلطان
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, birth_date = 1807
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. Both the princes died young.
She died on 2 January 1853, for the pain of the loss of three children and tuberculosis, and was buried in New Mosque, Istanbul. Her daughter Behice Sultan was adopted by one of Abdülmejid's other consort, Şayan Kadın.
Issue
In literature
*Nesrin is a character in
Hıfzı Topuz
Hıfzı Topuz (born 25 January 1923) is a Turkish journalist, travel writer and novelist. He also served as a lecturer on journalism at several universities.
Early life
Hıfzı Topuz was born 1923 in Istanbul. After finishing his secondary educa ...
's historical novel ''Abdülmecit: İmparatorluk Çökerken Sarayda 22 Yıl: Roman'' (2009).
See also
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Ikbal (title)
Ikbal ( ota, اقبال) was the title given to the imperial consort of the sultan of the Ottoman Empire, who came below the rank of ''kadın''.
Etymology
The word () is an Arabic word, which means good fortune, or lucky. Historians have tran ...
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Ottoman Imperial Harem
The Imperial Harem ( ota, حرم همايون, ) of the Ottoman Empire was the Ottoman sultan's harem – composed of the wives, servants (both female slaves and eunuchs), female relatives and the sultan's concubines – occupying a secluded po ...
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List of consorts of the Ottoman sultans
This is a list of Consorts of the Ottoman sultans, the wives and concubines of the monarchs of the Ottoman Empire who ruled over the transcontinental empire from its inception in 1299 to its dissolution in 1922.
Honorific and titles
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19th-century people from the Ottoman Empire
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Consorts of Abdulmejid I