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Şayeste Hanım
Şayeste Hanım (; ; "''the best''"; 1838 – 11 February 1912) was a consort of Sultan Abdulmejid I of the Ottoman Empire. Early life Of Abkhazian origin and a member of a princely family of Inalipa, Şayeste Hanım was born in 1838. She had one sister, Hüsnidil Hanım, who was the wife of a certain Safvet Pasha. She was also related to Kabasalal Çerkes Mehmed Pasha. Marriage Şayeste married Abdulmejid in 1851, and was given the title of "Sixth Ikbal". A year after the marriage, on 3 February 1853, she gave birth to her first child, a son, Şehzade Abdüllah, stillborn. In 1853, she was elevated to the title of "Fifth Ikbal", in 1854, she was elevated to the title of "Fourth Ikbal", and in 1856, she was elevated to the title of "Third Ikbal". On 30 September 1856, she gave birth to her second child, a daughter, Naile Sultan (called also Nadile Sultan). In 1858–59, she commissioned a mosque in Üsküdar. She was known for living beyond her means, and was sued for non ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottoman Constantinople
Neolithic artifacts, uncovered by archeologists at the beginning of the 21st century, indicate that Istanbul's historic peninsula was settled as far back as the 6th millennium BCE. That early settlement, important in the spread of the Neolithic Revolution from the Near East to Europe, lasted for almost a millennium before being inundated by rising water levels. The first human settlement on the Asian side, the Fikirtepe mound, is from the Copper Age period, with artifacts dating from 5500 to 3500 BCE. In the European side, near the point of the peninsula ( Sarayburnu) there was a settlement during the early 1st millennium BCE. Modern authors have linked it to the possible Thracian toponym ''Lygos'', mentioned by Pliny the Elder as an earlier name for the site of Byzantium. There is evidence suggesting there were settlements around the region dating as far back as 6700 BC, and it is hard to define if there was any settlement on exact spot at city proper established, but earlies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naime Sultan
Fatma Naime Sultan ( and 'tranquil'; 5 September 1876 – 1945) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Sultan Abdul Hamid II and Bidar Kadın. Early life Fatma Naime Sultan was born on 5 September 1876 in the Dolmabahçe Palace, four days after her father's accession to the throne. Her father was Abdul Hamid II, son of Abdulmejid I and Tirimüjgan Kadın. Her mother was Bidar Kadın. She was the fourth child, and third daughter of her father and the eldest child of her mother. She had one brother, Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkadir, two years younger than her. Abdul Hamid called her "My accession daughter", because she was born four days after his accession to the throne. With her half-sisters Zekiye Sultan and Ayşe Sultan, she was one of Abdülhamid's favorite daughters. She was named after her late aunt, the first and only daughter of Tirimüjgan, and elder sister of her father. Naime Sultan had green eyes, as her paternal grandmother, Tirimüjgan Kadın. In 1877, Naime and oth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From The Ottoman Empire Of Circassian Descent
The term "the people" refers to the public or common mass of people of a polity. As such it is a concept of human rights law, international law as well as constitutional law, particularly used for claims of popular sovereignty. In contrast, a people is any plurality of persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term "a people" refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or nation. Concepts Legal Chapter One, Article One of the Charter of the United Nations states that "peoples" have the right to self-determination. Though the mere status as peoples and the right to self-determination, as for example in the case of Indigenous peoples (''peoples'', as in all groups of indigenous people, not merely all indigenous persons as in ''indigenous people''), does not automatically provide for independent sovereignty and therefore secession. Indeed, judge Ivor Jennings identified the inherent problems in the right of "peoples" to self-determination, as i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1912 Deaths
This year is notable for Sinking of the Titanic, the sinking of the ''Titanic'', which occurred on April 15. In Albania, this leap year runs with only 353 days as the country achieved switching from the Julian to Gregorian Calendar by skipping 13 days. Friday, 30 November ''(Julian Calendar)'' immediately turned Saturday, 14 December 1912 ''(in the Gregorian Calendar)''. Events January * January 1 – The Republic of China (1912–49), Republic of China is established. * January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens. * January 6 ** German Geophysics, geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift. ** New Mexico becomes the 47th U.S. state. * January 8 – The African National Congress is founded as the South African Native National Congress, at the Waaihoek Wesleyan Church in Bloemfontein, to promote improved rights for Black people, black South Africans, with Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1830s Births
Year 183 ( CLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known in Rome as the Year of the Consulship of Aurelius and Victorinus (or, less frequently, year 936 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 183 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Births * January 26 – Lady Zhen, wife of the Cao Wei state Emperor Cao Pi (d. 221) * Hu Zong, Chinese general, official and poet of the Eastern Wu state (d. 242) * Liu Zan Liu Zan (183–255), courtesy name Zhengming, was a military general of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of China. He previously served under the warlord Sun Quan (later the founding emperor of Wu) in the late Eastern Han ... (Zhengming), Chinese general of the Eastern Wu state (d. 255) * Lu Xun, Chinese general and politician of the Eastern Wu state (d. 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Hatun Hatun () was used as an honorific for women in the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman period, roughly equivalent to the English term ''Lady''. The term was being used for the Ottoman sultan's consorts. When the son of one of the consorts ascended the throne she became ''Valide Hatun'' (Mother of Sultan). Sultan Sultan (سلطان) is a word of Arabic origin, originally meaning "authority" or "dominion". By the beginning of the 16th century, the title of sultan, carried by both men and women of the Ottoman dynasty, was replacing other titles by which prominent members of the imperial family had been known (notably ''hatun'' for women and ''bey'' for men), with imperial women carrying the title of "Sultan" after their given names. Consequently, the tit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottoman Imperial Harem
The Imperial Harem () of the Ottoman Empire was the Ottoman sultan's harem – composed of the concubines, wives, servants (both female slaves and eunuchs), female relatives and the sultan's concubines – occupying a secluded portion (seraglio) of the Ottoman imperial household. This institution played an important social function within the Ottoman court, and wielded considerable political authority in Ottoman affairs, especially during the long period known as the Sultanate of Women (approximately 1534 to 1683). Historians claim that the sultan was frequently lobbied by harem members of different ethnic or religious backgrounds to influence the geography of the Ottoman wars of conquest. The utmost authority in the imperial harem, the valide sultan, ruled over the other women in the household. The consorts of the sultan were normally of slave origin, including the valide sultan. The Kizlar Agha (, also known as the "Chief Black Eunuch" because of the Nilotic origin of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hıfzı Topuz
Hıfzı Topuz (25 January 1923 – 26 September 2023) was a Turkish journalist, travel writer and novelist. He also served as a lecturer on journalism at several universities. Early life Topuz was born on 25 January 1923 in Istanbul. After finishing his secondary education at the Galatasaray High School in 1942, he studied law at Istanbul University, graduating in 1948. Later, he went to France, where he attended University of Strasbourg to conduct further studies in international law and journalism between 1957 and 1959. In 1960, he earned a doctoral degree in journalism from the same university. Professional career After graduating from Istanbul University, Topuz entered journalism, and was employed between 1948 and 1957 at the daily newspaper ''Akşam'', where he worked as a reporter and later as an editor. He co-founded Istanbul Journalists' Union, and served as its leader. During his time in France, he applied for a vacant post at the headquarters of UNESCO in Paris. He wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Names Of Istanbul
The city of Istanbul has been known by a number of different names. The most notable names besides the modern Turkish name are Byzantium, Constantinople, and Stamboul. Different names are associated with different phases of its history, with different languages, and with different portions of it. Names in historical sequence Lygos According to Pliny the Elder Byzantium was first known as ''Lygos''. The origin and meaning of the name are unknown. Zsolt suggested it was etymologically identitical to the Greek name for the Ligures and derived from the Anatolian ethnonym ''Ligyes'', a tribe that was part of Xerxes' army and appeared to have been neighbors to the Paphlagonians. Janis believed it may have been the name of a Thracian settlement situated on the site of the later city near the point of the peninsula ( Sarayburnu). Byzantium ''Byzantion'' (, ) was founded by Greek colonists from Megara in 667 BC. The name is believed to be of Thracian or Illyrian origin and thus to pred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perestu Kadın
Rahime Perestu Sultan ( and 'swallow'; 1830 – 1904), also known as Rahime Perestu Kadın, was the first legal wife of Sultan Abdulmejid I of the Ottoman Empire. She was given the title and position of Valide sultan (Queen mother) when Abdul Hamid II, her adopted son, ascended the throne in 1876 making her the last valide sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Early life Of Circassian origin, Perestu was born in around 1830 in an Ubykh noble family. She had one sister, Mihrifidan Hanım (died 1865), who was the wife of Fazıl Bey, son of Yusuf Pasha. Esma Sultan, the daughter of Sultan Abdul Hamid I, lived in luxury in her magnificent villa in Istanbul, but still her life passed in sadness because she could not have the one thing she wished for most: a child. At length, she decided to adopt a child. After reaching satisfactory terms with the mother and father, she adopted the child, one year of age. As Esma's daughter, she had an adoptive sister, Nazif Hanım, adopted by Esma too. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AyÅŸe Sultan (daughter Of Abdul Hamid II)
Hamide AyÅŸe Sultan ( and 'life'; also known as AyÅŸe OsmanoÄŸlu; 15 November 1887 – 10 August 1960) was an Ottoman Empire, Ottoman princess, the daughter of Sultan Abdul Hamid II and Müşfika Kadın. Early life and education AyÅŸe Sultan was born on 31 October 1887 in the Yıldız Palace. Her father was Sultan Abdul Hamid II, son of Sultan Abdulmejid I and Tirimüjgan Kadın. Her mother was Müşfika Kadın, daughter of Gazi Åžehid Ağır Mahmud Bey and Emine Hanım. She was the only child of her mother. AyÅŸe's education took place in a study room in the Lesser Chancellery of the Yıldız Palace, together with her elder half-sister Åžadiye Sultan. Their instructors were the privy secretary Hasib Efendi and the Private Enciphering Secretary Kâmil Efendi. Hasib Efendi would give lessons in the Quran, Arabic, and Persian language, Persian, while Kâmil Efendi was to teach Turkish language, Turkish reading and writing, Ottoman grammar, arithmetic, history, and geography. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inşirah Hanım
İnşirah Hanım (; "''relief, cheer, joy''"; born Seniye Voçibe; 10 July 1887 − 10 June 1930) was the second consort of Sultan Mehmed VI of the Ottoman Empire, but divorced by him before he ascended to the throne. Early life İnşirah Hanım was born on 10 July 1887 in Maşukiye, İzmit. Born as Seniye Voçibe, she was a member of Ubykh noble family, Voçibe. Her father was Aziz Bey Voçibe. She had a brother named Zeki Bey (1880s – 1930s). She was a niece of Dürriaden Kadın, a Sultan Mehmed V's consort (Mehmed VI older half-brother). She was taken into palace by one of her relatives. Here her name according to the custom of the Ottoman court was changed to İnşirah. She then became a lady-in-waiting to Şayeste Hanim, a consort of Sultan Abdülmejid I and adoptive mother of Mehmed VI. İnşirah was described as a tall beauty, with gorgeous blue eyes and very long dark brown hair. Marriage One day, when Mehmed was in his forties, he visited his adoptive mother Şa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
