Dilpesend Kadın

Dilpesend Kadın (Ottoman Turkish: دل پسند قادین‎; born Azize; 16 January 1861 – 17 June 1901) was the sixth wife of Sultan Abdul Hamid II of the Ottoman Empire.[1]

Dilpesend Kadın
Born	Azize 16 January 1861 Tbilisi, Georgia
Died	17 June 1901 (aged 40) Yıldız Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (present day Istanbul, Turkey)
Burial	Yahya Efendi Cemetery, Istanbul
Spouse	Abdul Hamid II ​ ​ (m. 1883)​
Issue	Naile Sultan
Full name Turkish: Dilpesend Kadın Ottoman Turkish: دل پسند قادین‎
House	Ottoman (by marriage)
Father	Maksud Giray Bey
Religion	Sunni Islam

Life

Of Circassian origin, Dilpesend Kadın was born on 16 January 1861 in Tbilisi, Georgia.[2] Born as Azize, she was the daughter of Maksud Giray Bey.[3][4]

Before her marriage to Abdul Hamid, she served in the entourage of Tiryal Hanım, fourteenth wife of Sultan Mahmud II.[5] After her death in 1882-3,[6] as custom dictated, all of Tiryal Hanım's servants were transferred to Dolmabahçe Palace.[7]

Dilpesend married Abdul Hamid on 10 April 1883.[8][3] She was given the title of "Fourth Consort". On, 9 January 1884, a year after the marriage, she gave birth to her only child, a daughter, Naile Sultan.[9] In 1895, she was elevated to the title of "Third Consort".[1]

She was tall, had black hair, and wheat complexion.[7]

Death

Dilpesend Kadın died on 17 June 1901, at the age of forty, in the Yıldız Palace,[2] and was buried in Yahya Efendi Cemetery, Istanbul.[1][10]

Issue

Name	Birth	Death	Notes
Naile Sultan	9 February 1884[11][12][13]	25 October 1957[11][12][13]	married once without issue

See also

• Kadın (title)
• Ottoman Imperial Harem
• List of consorts of the Ottoman sultans

References

1. Uluçay 2011, p. 247.
2. Açba 2007, p. 133.
3. Ekinci, Ekrem Buğra (March 31, 2017). Sultan Abdülhamid’in Son Zevcesi. Timaş Tarih. p. 180. ISBN 978-6-050-82503-9.
4. Akyıldız, Ali (2018). Son Dönem Osmanlı Padişahlarının Nikâh Meselesi. p. 696.
5. Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 682-3.
6. Haskan, Mehmet Nermi (2001). Yüzyıllar boyunca Üsküdar - Volume 3. Üsküdar Belediyesi. p. 1179. ISBN 978-9-759-76060-1.
7. Örik, Nahid Sırrı (1989). Abdülhamid'in haremi. Arba. p. 23.
8. Bey, Mehmet Sürreya (1969). Osmanlı devletinde kim kimdi, Volume 1. Küğ Yayını. p. 110.
9. The Concubine, the Princess, and the Teacher: Voices from the Ottoman Harem. University of Texas Press. 2010. p. 285. ISBN 978-0-292-78335-5.
10. Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 683.
11. Osmanoğlu 2000, p. 262.
12. Uluçay 2011, p. 255.
13. Brookes 2010, p. 285.

Sources

• Açba, Harun (2007). Kadın efendiler: 1839–1924. Profil. ISBN 978-975-996-109-1.
• 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.
• Uluçay, M. Çağatay (2011). Padişahların kadınları ve kızları. Ötüken. ISBN 978-975-437-840-5.
• Osmanoğlu, Ayşe (2000). Babam Sultan Abdülhamid. Mona Kitap Yayinlari. ISBN 978-6-050-81202-2.
• Sakaoğlu, Necdet (2008). Bu Mülkün Kadın Sultanları: Vâlide Sultanlar, Hâtunlar, Hasekiler, Kandınefendiler, Sultanefendiler. Oğlak Yayıncılık. ISBN 978-6-051-71079-2.