Reftarıdil Kadın

Reftarıdil Kadın (Ottoman Turkish: رفتاردل قادین‎; c. 1839 – 1936) was the second wife of Sultan Murad V of the Ottoman Empire.

In this Ottoman Turkish style name, the given name is Reftarıdil, the title is Kadın, and there is no family name.
Reftarıdil Kadın
Bornc. 1839
North Caucasus
Died1936 (aged 96–97)
Kurbağalıdere, Kadıköy, Istanbul, Turkey
Spouse
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(m. 1859; died 1904)​
IssueŞehzade Mehmed Selaheddin
Full name
Turkish: Reftaridil Kadın
Ottoman Turkish: رفتاردل قادین‎
HouseHatko (by birth)
Ottoman (by marriage)
FatherHatkoyuko Hatko
ReligionSunni Islam

Early life

Reftarıdil Kadın was born in about 1839[1] in North Caucasus. She was a member of Abzakh noble family, Hato. Her father was Hatkoyuko Hato. She had two sisters Terandil Hanım and Ceylanyar Hanım.[2][3][4] She had a niece, Cemile Dilberistan Hanım, who later married her son, Şehzade Mehmed Selaheddin.[2]

She and her two sisters 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 Reftarıdil.[2] Terandil stayed with Reftaridil, and then married Nuri Bey, and went to live in Aksaray.[5] Ceylanyar was given to Dr. Mehmed Emin Pasha. She then married Hacı Nazıf Bey, and was renamed Melek. She had two children, a daughter,[6] and a son named Rüşdü Bey.[1]

Marriage

Reftarıdil married Murad, during the reign of Sultan Abdulmejid I, when he was still a prince on 4 February 1859 in the Dolmabahçe Palace. She was nineteen, while he was eighteen.[7][8] After Abdulmejid's death in 1861, and the accession of his brother Sultan Abdulaziz, Murad became the crown prince. Reftarıdil, who was pregnant at the time, gave birth to her only child, a son, Şehzade Mehmed Selaheddin, on 12 August 1861 in the apartments of the crown prince in located in the Dolmabahçe Palace.[9][10]

The two lived in a mansion in Kurbağalıdere, which was allocated to him by Abdulaziz. They used to spend their winters in the crown princes apartments located in the Dolmabahçe Palace and the Nisbetiye Mansion.[11] She was a lovely lady with a pink skin, large blue eyes, straight nose, and a round face. She was also honest and goodhearted.[12]

Murad ascended the throne on 30 May 1876, after the deposition of his uncle Sultan Abdulaziz,[13] Reftarıdil was given the title of "Second Consort".[9] After reigning for three months, Murad was deposed on 30 August 1876,[14] due to mental instability and was imprisoned in the Çırağan Palace. Refarıdil also followed Murad into confinement.[15] She was widowed at Murad's death in 1904, after which her ordeal in the Çırağan Palace came to an end.[16]

Last years and death

At the exile of the imperial family in March 1924, Reftarıdil as being the adjunct member of the family decided to stay in Istanbul. She settled in a mansion in Kurbağalıdere, Kadıköy.[1] She outlived her son by twenty one years,[8] dying in 1936.[1]

Issue
NameBirthDeathNotes
Şehzade Mehmed Selaheddin 5 August 1861[10][17] 29 April 1915[10][17] married seven times, and had issue, seven sons and seven daughters

See also

References
  1. Vâsıb, Ali; Osmanoğlu, Osman Selaheddin (2004). Bir şehzadenin hâtırâtı: vatan ve menfâda gördüklerim ve işittiklerim. YKY. pp. 28, 95. ISBN 978-9-750-80878-4.
  2. Açba, Harun (2007). Kadın efendiler: 1839-1924. Profil. pp. 100–101. ISBN 978-9-759-96109-1.
  3. Uluçay 2011, p. 239.
  4. Argit, Betül Ipsirli (October 29, 2020). Life after the Harem: Female Palace Slaves, Patronage and the Imperial Ottoman Court. Cambridge University Press. p. 86. ISBN 978-1-108-48836-5.
  5. Süleyman Kâni İrtem; Osman S. Kocahanoğlu (2003). Sultan Murad ve Ali Suavi olayı: Sarıklı ihtilâlcinin Çırağan baskını. Temel. p. 185. ISBN 978-975-410-050-1.
  6. Türk Tarih Kurumu (1944). Belleten. Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi. p. 340.
  7. Adra, Jamil (2005). Genealogy of the Imperial Ottoman Family 2005. p. 19.
  8. Brookes 2010, p. 288.
  9. Açba 2007, p. 101.
  10. Uluçay 2011, p. 238.
  11. Satı, İbrahim (2020). Sultan V.Murad'ın Hayatı ve Kısa Saltanatı (1840-1904). p. 17.
  12. Brookes 2010, p. 38.
  13. 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.
  14. Williams, Augustus Warner; Gabriel, Mgrditch Simbad (1896). Bleeding Armedia: Its History and Horrors Under the Curse of Islam. Publishers union. p. 214.
  15. Brookes 2010, p. 64.
  16. Brookes 2010, p. 17.
  17. Brookes 2010, p. 289.

Sources
  • 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, Mustafa Çağatay (2011). Padişahların kadınları ve kızları. Ankara: Ötüken. ISBN 978-9-754-37840-5.
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