Nurefsun Kadın

Nurefsun Kadın (Ottoman Turkish: نورافسون قادین‎; c. 1851 – c. 1908), was the third wife of Sultan Abdul Hamid II of the Ottoman Empire.[1]

Nurefsun Kadın
Bornc. 1851
Saint Petersburg , Russia
Diedc. 1908 (aged 56–57)
Spouse
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(div. 1881)​

Saffet Bey
IssueFrom second marriage:
A son
Full name
Turkish: Nurefsun Kadın
Ottoman Turkish: نورافسون قادین‎
HouseŞermet (by birth)
Ottoman (by marriage)
FatherŞermet Selim Bey
ReligionSunni Islam , previously Orthodox Christian

Early life

Nurefsun Kadın was born in 1851 in Saint Petersburg in Russia. [2] Her father was Şermet Selim Bey, who died while fighting the Russians.[3] She had been a servant in the household of Isma'il Pasha, the khedive of Egypt, who presented her to Sultan Abdulaziz. She had blonde hair, fair skin, and blue eyes, and was described a beautiful woman. She was fond of playing violin.[4]

Marriages

Nurefsun married Abdul Hamid as his third wife when he was a prince. She did not had any children. After Abdul Hamid's accession to the throne in 1876, she was given the title of "Third Consort".[5] In 1877, Nurefsun and other members of the imperial family settled in the Yıldız Palace,[6] after Abdul Hamid moved there on 7 April 1877.[7]

Nurefsun and Abdul Hamid couldn't got along, after which Nurefsun asked for a divorce. Abdul Hamid fulfilled her request, and she was granted a divorce in 1881.[8] She afterwards married İkinci Esvapçı Saffet Bey, with whom she had a son,[9] who towards the end of Abdul Hamid's reign became a secretary (mabeyn katibi) in the palace.[8]

Death

Nurefsun Kadın died in 1908, just before the proclamation of the Second Constitutional Era.[8]

See also

References
  1. Bey, Âtıf Hüseyin (2003). Sultan II. Abdülhamid'in sürgün günleri (1909-1918): Hususi Doktoru Âtıf Hüseyin Bey'in hatıratı. Pan Yayıncılık. p. 32. ISBN 978-9-758-43455-8.
  2. Osmanoğlu 2000, p. 278.
  3. Akyıldız, Ali (2019). Son Dönem Osmanlı Padişahlarının Nikâh Meselesi. p. 696.
  4. Tansu, Samih Nafiz; Paşa, Celâleddin (1970). Madalyonun Tersi. Gür Kitabevi. p. 31.
  5. Osmanoğlu 2000, p. 261.
  6. Oriental Gardens: An Illustrated History. Chronicle Books. 1992. pp. 21. ISBN 978-0-811-80132-4.
  7. NewSpot, Volumes 13-24. General Directorate of Press and Information. 1999.
  8. Örik, Nahid Sırrı (2002). Bilinmeyen yaşamlarıyla saraylılar. Türkiye İş Bankası. pp. 124–5. ISBN 978-9-754-58383-0.
  9. Örik, Nahid Sırrı (1989). Abdülhamid'in haremi. Arba. p. 19.

Sources
  • Osmanoğlu, Ayşe (2000). Babam Sultan Abdülhamid. Mona Kitap Yayinlari. ISBN 978-6-050-81202-2.
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