Nazperver Kadın

Nazperver Kadın (Ottoman Turkish: نازپرور قادین‎; born Princess Emine Chkhotua; 12 June 1870 – 9 March 1929;[1] meaning "Breeder of grace"[2]) was the fourth wife of Sultan Mehmed V of the Ottoman Empire.[3][4]

In this Ottoman Turkish style name, the given name is Nazperver, the title is Kadın, and there is no family name.
Nazperver Kadın
BornEmine Chkhotua
12 June 1870
Beşiktaş, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Died9 March 1929(1929-03-09) (aged 58)
Vaniköy, Üsküdar, Istanbul, Turkey
Burial
Yahya Efendi Cemetery, Istanbul
Spouse
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(m. 1888; died 1918)​
Full name
Turkish: Nazperver Kadın
Ottoman Turkish: نازپرور قادین‎
HouseChkhotua (by birth)
Ottoman (by marriage)
FatherIsmail Çikotua
MotherAliye Dziapş-lpa
ReligionSunni Islam

Early life

Nazperver Kadın was born on 12 June 1870 in Beşiktaş, Istanbul. Born as Emine Chkhotua, she was a member of an Abkhazian princely family, Chkhotua. Her father was Prince Ismail Bey Chkhotua, and her mother was Princess Aliye Hanım Dziapş-lpa, the daughter of Prince Mahmud Dziapş-lpa. She had a sister named Behiye Hanım. She was the maternal niece of Dürrünev Kadın, first wife of Sultan Abdulaziz.[5]

In 1874, Emine had been brought to Istanbul as a young child, where her father entrusted her and her sister to the care of her aunt Dürrünev Kadın. her name according to the custom of the Ottoman court was changed to Nazperver.[6]

Abdulaziz was deposed by his ministers on 30 May 1876, his nephew Murad V became the Sultan.[7] He was transferred to Feriye Palace the next day.[8] Her aunt Dürrünev, and other women of Abdulaziz's entourage didn't wanted to leave the Dolmabahçe Palace. So they were grabbed by hand and were send out to the Feriye Palace. In the process, they were searched from head to toe and everything of value was taken from them.[9] Nazperver followed her aunt to Feriye Palace.[6] On 4 June 1876,[10] Abdulaziz died under mysterious circumstances.[11]

Marriage

One day, when Mehmed was in his forties, he visited his aunt-in-law Dürrünev Kadın in the Feriye Palace. Here he saw Nazperver, then eighteen years old, and fell in love with her. He asked his aunt-in-law to give him Nazperver in marriage. She acceded to her nephew-in-law's demand, and the marriage took place in 1888 in the crown princes apartments located in the Dolmabahçe Palace.[6] Nazperver didn't bore Mehmed any children.[12]

On 27 April 1909, after Mehmed's accession to the throne,[13] she was given the title of "Fourth Consort". Upon the death of Dürrüaden Kadın in October 1909, Nazperver was given the title of "Third Consort".[3][4]

Safiye Ünüvar, a teacher at the Palace School, who met her in 1915, described her as being plump, and tall.[14] According to Ünüvar, Nazperver did not appeared particularly learned, but she did had a refined and kindly air about her that made a good impression. She also speculated that having no children weighed heavily upon her, despite the fact that the Sultan treated her most kindly and graciously, and so she lived out her life in this rather downhearted fashion.[15]

On 30 May 1918, Nazperver 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. During the Empress's visit, she liaised with her in French,[16][17] which she had been taught by her aunt Dürrünev Kadın.[6]

Nazperver and Dilfirib Kadın, Mehmed's fifth wife were with him,[18][19] when he died on 3 July 1918.[20]

Philanthropy

After the declaration of Ottoman Empire's entry in World War I in 1914, women who took part in several organisations. During this time, Nazperver also took part in the Women's Organisation for National consumption (Turkish: İstihlak-ı Milli Kadınlar Cemiyeti).[21] The purpose of the organisation was to promote the use of locally produced goods.[22]

Death

After Mehmed's death Nazperver settled in a mansion at Vaniköy,[4] where she died on 9 March 1929 at the age of fifty-eight. She was buried in Yahya Efendi Cemetery, Istanbul.[23]

See also

References
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  2. Adıvar, Halide Edib (2009). Inside India. K.N. Book House. p. 143.
  3. Uluçay 2011, p. 261.
  4. Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 703.
  5. Açba 2007, p. 171-2.
  6. Açba 2007, p. 172.
  7. Zürcher, Erik J. (October 15, 2004). Turkey: A Modern History, Revised Edition. I.B.Tauris. pp. 73. ISBN 978-1-850-43399-6.
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  10. Davison, Roderic H. (December 8, 2015). Reform in the Ottoman Empire, 1856-1876. Princeton University Press. p. 341. ISBN 978-1-400-87876-5.
  11. Brookes 2010, p. 43.
  12. Brookes 2010, p. 286.
  13. Faroqhi, Suraiya (2008). The Cambridge History of Turkey. Cambridge University Press. p. 79. ISBN 978-0-521-62096-3.
  14. Uniwersytet Jagielloński. Instytut Filologii Orientalnej (2005). Turks and non-Turks: studies on the history of linguistic and cultural contacts. Institute of Oriental Philology Jagiellonian University. p. 524. ISBN 978-83-7188-891-5.
  15. Brookes 2010, p. 210.
  16. Açba, Leyla (2004). Bir Çerkes prensesinin harem hatıraları. L & M. p. 56. ISBN 978-9-756-49131-7.
  17. Açba 2007, p. 173.
  18. Brookes 2010, p. 262.
  19. Toplumsal tarih, Issues 109-114. Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı. 2003.
  20. 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.
  21. Özdemir, Nuray (2019). Recent Perior Turkish Studies – Issue 36 (The Activities of The Women's Organization for National Consumption During The First World War). Istanbul University Press. p. 34.
  22. Zirin, Mary; Livezeanu, Irina; Worobec, Christine D.; Farris, June Pchuta (March 26, 2015). Women and Gender in Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Eurasia: A Comprehensive Bibliography Volume I: Southeastern and East Central Europe (Edited by Irina Livezeanu with June Pachuta Farris) Volume II: Russia, the Non-Russian Peoples of the Russian. Routledge. p. 201. ISBN 978-1-317-45197-6.
  23. Açba 2007, p. 174.

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