Neşerek Kadın ( ota, نسرین قادین; "''joy''" or "''wild rose''"; 1848 - 11 June 1876), born Nesrin Zevş-Barakay Hanim, was a consort of Sultan
Abdulaziz
Abdulaziz ( ota, عبد العزيز, ʿAbdü'l-ʿAzîz; tr, Abdülaziz; 8 February 18304 June 1876) was the 32nd List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and reigned from 25 June 1861 to 30 May 1876, when he was 187 ...
of the
Ottoman Empire
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.
Early life
Of
Circassian origin, Neşerek Kadın (called also Nesrin Kadın or Nesteren Kadın) was the daughter of Gazi Ismail Bey Zevş-Barakay. She was born to Sochi in 1848. She had two brothers, Hasan Bey (1850 – 1876), and Osman Pasha (1851 – 1892). Her aunt was the wife of Ateş Mehmed Pasha. Her birth name was Nesrin Zevş-Barakay Hanim.
Marriage
Neşerek married
Abdulaziz
Abdulaziz ( ota, عبد العزيز, ʿAbdü'l-ʿAzîz; tr, Abdülaziz; 8 February 18304 June 1876) was the 32nd List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and reigned from 25 June 1861 to 30 May 1876, when he was 187 ...
in 1868 at the
Dolmabahçe Palace
Dolmabahçe Palace ( tr, Dolmabahçe Sarayı, ) located in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul, Turkey, on the European coast of the Bosporus strait, served as the main administrative center of the Ottoman Empire from 1856 to 1887 and from 1909 t ...
, and was given the title of "Fourth Kadın". She gave birth to her first child, a son,
Şehzade Mehmed Şevket
Şehzade Mehmed Şevket (; 10 June 1869 – 22 October 1899) was an Ottoman prince, the son of Sultan Abdulaziz and Nesrin Kadın.
Early life
Şehzade Mehmed Şevket was born on 10 June 1869 in the Dolmabahçe Palace. His father was Abdulaziz, s ...
on 5 June 1872. Two years later, on 24 August 1874, she gave birth to her second child, a daughter,
Emine Sultan. In 1875, she was elevated to the title of "Third Kadın".
Abdulaziz was deposed by his ministers on 30 May 1876, his nephew
Murad V
Murad V ( ota, مراد خامس, translit=Murâd-ı ḫâmis; tr, V. Murad; 21 September 1840 – 29 August 1904) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire who reigned from 30 May to 31 August 1876. The son of Abdulmejid I, he supported the ...
becoming the Sultan. He was transferred to
Feriye Palace
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the next day. The women of Abdulaziz's entourage didn't want to leave the Dolmabahçe Palace. So they were grabbed by hand and were sent out to the Feriye Palace. In the process, they were searched from head to toe and everything of value was taken from them. Neşerek was forcibly taken out of the palace by Prime Aide Sami Bey, wearing only a shawl, apparently because she had tried to hide royal jewels inside her clothes. Because of the horrible weather of that night, she fell ill and was carried on a stretcher to the caique, that was to take her to the Feriye Palace. Someone even snatched the shawl that was wrapped around her. On 4 June 1876, Abdulaziz died under mysterious circumstances.
Death
Neşerek Kadın died seven days after Abdulaziz's death on 11 June 1876 at the
Feriye Palace
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seriously ill since the night of the deposition and shattered by sadness for Abdülaziz's death and convinced that he had been murdered. According to historian
Alan Palmer
Alan Warwick Palmer (1926 – 25 March 2022) was a British author of historical and biographical books.
Background
Palmer was educated at Bancroft's School, Woodford Green, London, and Oriel College, Oxford. He spent 19 years as senior history ...
, she instead apparently died in childbirth, however there not trace in sources of a her third child or pregnancy. Her son was welcomed by
Abdülhamid II
Abdülhamid or Abdul Hamid II ( ota, عبد الحميد ثانی, Abd ül-Hamid-i Sani; tr, II. Abdülhamid; 21 September 1842 10 February 1918) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 31 August 1876 to 27 April 1909, and the last sultan to ...
, the new sultan and grandson of Abdülaziz, and her daughter by
Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin
Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin ( ota, شهزادہ یوسف عزالدین; 29 September 1857 – 1 February 1916) was an Ottoman prince, the eldest son of Sultan Abdulaziz and his first wife Dürrünev Kadın.
Early life and education
Şehzade Yusuf I ...
, Abdülaziz's eldest son. She was buried in the mausoleum of imperial ladies, located at New Mosque,
Istanbul
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.
Four days after her death, on 15 June 1876, her brother, Hasan Bey attempted to assassinate a large number of ministers meeting at the mansion of
Midhat Pasha
Ahmed Şefik Midhat Pasha ( ota , احمد شفيق مدحت پاشا, 18 October 1822 – 26 April 1883) was an Ottoman democrat, kingmaker and one of the leading statesmen during the late Tanzimat period. He is most famous for leading the O ...
, perphaps to avenge her sister. He was tried, and executed on 18 June 1876.
Issue
See also
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Kadın (title)
Kadın ( ota, قادین) was the title given to the imperial consort of the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire towards the beginning of the seventeenth century. The title came into official usage at the end of the century, and remained in usage until th ...
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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 ...
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List of consorts of the Ottoman sultans
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1876 deaths
People from Sochi
19th-century consorts of Ottoman sultans
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Deaths in childbirth