Nevdürr Hanım

Nevdürr Hanım[2] (Ottoman Turkish: نودر خانم‎; born Şadiye Nakakvili; c. 1861 – fl. 1947; meaning "the new pearl"[3]) was the fifth wife of Sultan Murad V of the Ottoman Empire.[2]

In this Ottoman Turkish style name, the given name is Nevdürr, the title is Hanım, and there is no family name.
Nevdürr Hanım
BornŞadiye Nakakvili
c. 1861
Batumi, Georgia
Diedfl. 1947[1]
Kurbağalıdere, Kadıköy, Istanbul, Turkey
Spouse
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Full name
Turkish: Nevdürr Hanım
Ottoman Turkish: نودر خانم‎
HouseNakakvili (by birth)
Ottoman (by marriage)
FatherNakakvili Rüstem Bey
MotherFevziye Hanım
ReligionSunni Islam

Early life

Nevdürr Hanım was born in Batumi, Georgia in 1861. Born as Şadiye Nakakvili, she was a member of Georgian noble family, Nakakvili. Her father was Nakakvili Rüstem Bey, and her mother was Fevziye Hanım.[4]

She had been brought to Istanbul, where she was entrusted to the imperial harem. Here her name according to the custom of the Ottoman court was changed to Nevdürr. She then became a lady-in-waiting to Şevkefza Kadın.[4]

Marriage

Nevdürr married Murad in 1870s before his accession to the throne.[5] She remained childless.[2] After Murad ascended the throne on 30 May 1876, after the deposition of his uncle Sultan Abdulaziz,[6] she was given the title of "Senior Fortunate".[2] After reigning for three months, Murad was deposed on 30 August 1876,[7] due to mental instability and was imprisoned in the Çırağan Palace. Nevdürr also followed Murad into confinement.[5]

Widowhood

Nevdürr was widowed at Murad's death in 1904, after which her ordeal in the Çırağan Palace came to an end.[8] She settled in a mansion located in Kurbağalıdere, Kadıköy.[1] In widowhood, her stipend consisted of 1500 kuruş. However, later, during the reign of Sultan Mehmed V, it was reduced to only 500 kuruş.[2] After which her step-daughter, Hatice Sultan, wrote to Mehmet Cavit Bey, member of the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP),[9] asking him to raise her stipend at least to 800 kuruş.[2]

At the exile of the imperial family in March 1924, Nevdürr as being the adjunct member of the family decided to stay in Istanbul.[1]

See also

References
  1. Şehsuvaroğlu, Halûk Y. (26 November 1947). "Çırağan Sarayına Dair Bazı Hatıralar". Akşam. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  2. Bardakçı 1998, p. 614.
  3. A Gyre Thro' the Orient. Republican Book and Job Printing Office. 1869. p. 62.
  4. Açba, Harun (2007). Kadın Efendiler:1839–1924. Profil. p. 108. ISBN 978-9-759-96109-1.
  5. Brookes 2010, p. 64.
  6. Roudometof, Victor (2001). Nationalism, Globalization, and Orthodoxy: The Social Origins of Ethnic Conflict in the Balkans. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 86–7. ISBN 978-0-313-31949-5.
  7. Williams, Augustus Warner; Gabriel, Mgrditch Simbad (1896). Bleeding Armedia: Its History and Horrors Under the Curse of Islam. Publishers union. p. 214.
  8. Brookes 2010, p. 17.
  9. Bardakçı 1998, p. 55.

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