Edadil Kadın

Edadil Kadın (Ottoman Turkish: ادادل قادین‎; c. 1845 – 12 December 1875; meaning "The elegance of the heart"[1]) was the third wife of Sultan Abdulaziz of the Ottoman Empire.[2]

Edadil Kadın
Born	c. 1845 Adlersky, Sochi, North Caucasus
Died	12 December 1875 (aged 29–30) Dolmabahçe Palace, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Burial	Sultan Mahmud II mausoleum, Çemberlitaş, Fatih, Istanbul
Spouse	Abdulaziz ​ ​ (m. 1861)​
Issue	Şehzade Mahmud Celaleddin Emine Sultan
Full name Turkish: Edadil Kadın Ottoman Turkish: ادادل قادین‎
House	Aredba (by birth) Ottoman (by marriage)
Father	Tandal Aredba
Mother	Aublaa Hanım
Religion	Sunni Islam

Early life

Edadil Kadın was born in 1845 in Adlersky, Sochi, North Caucasus. She was a member of Abkhazian princely family, Aredba. Her father was Prince Tandal Bey Aredba, and her mother was Aublaa Hanım.[3] She had a younger brother named Aslan Bey.[4]

She had been brought to Istanbul as a young child, and was entrusted to the imperial harem. She was then placed in the service of Sultan Abdulaziz's mother Pertevniyal Sultan, where her name according to the custom of the Ottoman court was changed to Edadil.[4]

Marriage

Edadil married Abdulaziz in 1861 in the Dolmabahçe Palace, after his accession to the throne.[4] She was given the title of "Third Consort".[5] A year after the marriage, on 14 November 1862, she gave birth to her first child, a son, Şehzade Mahmud Celaleddin.[6]

Four years later, on 1 December 1866,[7] she gave birth to her second child, a daughter, Emine Sultan,[8] who died on 24 February[7] 1867.[9]

Death

Edadil died on 12 December 1875[10] in Dolmabahçe Palace, a year before her Abdulaziz's death, and was buried in the mausoleum of Sultan Mahmud II, located at Divan Yolu street.[4][5][11]

Issue

Name	Birth	Death	Notes
Şehzade Mahmud Celaleddin	14 November 1862[12][5][13]	1 September 1888[5][13]	married once without issue
Emine Sultan	1 December 1866[7][8]	24 February 1867[7][8]	born and died in infancy in Dolmabahçe Palace; buried in tomb of Mahmud II

See also

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

References

1. A Gyre Thro' the Orient. Republican Book and Job Printing Office. 1869. p. 62.
2. Banoğlu, Niyazi Ahmet (1963). Anitlari ve tarihî eserleriyle Istanbul. Yeni C̣iǧir Kitabev. p. 57.
3. Açba 2007, p. 86.
4. Açba 2007, p. 87.
5. Uluçay 2011, p. 233.
6. Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi (1959). Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi mühürler seksiyonu rehberi. Şehir Matbaasi. p. 21.
7. Uçan 2019, p. 23.
8. Uluçay 2011, p. 235.
9. Yıldırım, Tahsin (2006). Veliahd Yusuf İzzettin Efendi Öldürüldü mü? İntihar mı etti?. Çatı Yayıncılık. p. 36.
10. Genç, Füsun Gülsüm (2015). 19. yüzyılda şehzade olmak: Modernleşme sürecinde şehzadeler. p. 105.
11. Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 641.
12. Uçan 2019, p. 24.
13. Brookes 2010, p. 283.

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.
• Uçan, Lâle (2019). Son Halife Abdülmecid Efendi'nin Hayatı - Şehzâlik, Veliahtlık ve Halifelik Yılları (PDF) (PhD Thesis). Istanbul University Institute of Social Sciences.
• Uluçay, Mustafa Çağatay (2011). Padişahların kadınları ve kızları. Ankara: Ötüken. ISBN 978-9-754-37840-5.