Dilfirib Kadın

Dilfirib Kadın (Ottoman Turkish: دل فریب قادین‎; c. 1890 – c. 1952) was the fifth wife of Sultan Mehmed V of the Ottoman Empire.[1]

In this Ottoman Turkish style name, the given name is Dilfirib, the title is Kadın, and there is no family name.
Dilfirib Kadın
Bornc. 1890
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Diedc. 1952 (aged 61–62)
Erenköy, Istanbul, Turkey
Burial
Istanbul
Spouse
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(m. 1907; died 1918)​
Full name
Turkish: Dilfirib Kadın
Ottoman Turkish: دل فریب قادین‎
HouseOttoman (by marriage)
ReligionSunni Islam

Early life

Of Circassian origin, Dilfirib was born in 1890 in Istanbul.[2][3]

Marriage

Dilfirib married Mehmed in 1907 in the Veliahd Palace,[2] when Mehmed was sixty-three years old, and Dilfirib was seventeen. Dilfirib remained childless.[3] On 27 April 1909, after Mehmed's accession to the throne,[4] she was given the title of "Senior Fortunate".[5] She was later elevated the title of "Fourth Consort".[6]

Safiye Ünüvar, a teacher at the Palace School, who met her in 1915, described her being young and well educated.[7][8]

On 30 May 1918, Dilfirib met with the Empress Zita of Bourbon-Parma in the harem of Yıldız Palace, when the latter visited Istanbul with her husband Emperor Charles I of Austria. With her beauty, she won the Empress's appreciation.[9]

Dilfirib and Nazperver Kadın, Mehmed's fourth wife were with him,[10][11] when he died on 3 July 1918.[12]

Last years and death

After Sultan Mehmed’s death in 1918, she remained in the Dolmabahçe Palace. When the imperial family went into exile in 1924, she moved in her villa located in Erenköy, where she died in 1952.[1][3]

Honour

See also

References
  1. Uluçay 2011, p. 261.
  2. Açba 2007, p. 176.
  3. Brookes 2010, p. 280.
  4. Faroqhi, Suraiya (2008). The Cambridge History of Turkey. Cambridge University Press. p. 79. ISBN 978-0-521-62096-3.
  5. Çavdar, Döndü (2015). Tanzimat'tan Cumhuriyet'e Mefruşat-ı Hümayun İdaresi (PhD Thesis). Selçuk University Institute of Social Sciences. p. 200.
  6. Toplumsal tarih, Issues 109-114. Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı. 2003.
  7. Brookes 2010, p. 210.
  8. Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 704.
  9. Açba, Leyla (2004). Bir Çerkes prensesinin harem hatıraları. L & M. p. 58. ISBN 978-9-756-49131-7.
  10. Brookes 2010, p. 262.
  11. Toplumsal tarih, Issues 109-114. Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı. 2003.
  12. Tucker, Spencer C. (October 28, 2014). World War I: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection [5 volumes]: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection. ABC-CLIO. p. 1071. ISBN 978-1-851-09965-8.

Sources
  • Açba, Harun (2007). Kadın efendiler: 1839-1924. Profil. ISBN 978-9-759-96109-1.
  • Brookes, Douglas Scott (2010). The Concubine, the Princess, and the Teacher: Voices from the Ottoman Harem. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-78335-5.
  • Sakaoğlu, Necdet (2008). Bu mülkün kadın sultanları: Vâlide sultanlar, hâtunlar, hasekiler, kadınefendiler, sultanefendiler. Oğlak Yayıncılık. ISBN 978-9-753-29623-6.
  • Uluçay, Mustafa Çağatay (2011). Padişahların kadınları ve kızları. Ankara: Ötüken. ISBN 978-9-754-37840-5.
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