Saliha Naciye Hanım

Saliha Naciye Hanım^[a] (Ottoman Turkish: صالحہ ناجیہ خانم‎; born Zeliha Ankuap; 1882 – 1925) was the Georgian fourteenth, and last wife of Sultan Abdul Hamid II of the Ottoman Empire.[2]

Saliha Naciye Hanım
Born	Zeliha Ankuap 1882 Batumi , Georgia
Died	1925 (aged 42–43) Serencebey Mansion, Istanbul, Turkey
Burial	Sultan Mahmud II Mausoleum, Divan Yolu street, Istanbul
Spouse	Abdul Hamid II ​ ​ (m. 1904; died 1918)​
Issue more...	Şehzade Mehmed Abid
Full name Turkish: Saliha Naciye Hanım[1] Ottoman Turkish: صالحہ ناجیہ خانم‎
House	Ankuap (by birth) Ottoman (by marriage)
Father	Arslan Ankuap
Mother	Canhız Hanım
Religion	Sunni Islam

Early life

Saliha Naciye Hanım was born in 1882 in Batumi , Georgia. Born as Zeliha Ankuap,[3] she was the daughter of Aslan Bey Ankuap (died 1916),[4][5] and Canhiz Hanım. She had one sister Asiye Hanım.[3]

In 1901, Kabasakal Mehmed Pasha, presented her for service in the Yıldız Palace,[6][7] where her name according to the custom of the Ottoman court was changed to Saliha Naciye.[8]

Marriage

Three years into service, Abdul Hamid took notice of Saliha Naciye, and they married on 4 November 1904 in the Yıldız Palace.[9] She was given the title of "Sixth Fortunate".[10]

A year after the marriage, on 17 September 1905, she gave birth to her first child, a son, Şehzade Mehmed Abid,[11][12] and three years later on 16 January 1909 to her second child, a daughter, Samiye Sultan, who died on 24 January 1909.[13]

In the 1909 mutiny, Kabasakal ("twisted beard") was shaved and publicly hanged,[14] and on 27 April 1909, Abdul Hamid was deposed, and sent into exile in Thessaloniki.[15] Naciye was close to him,[16] and so she and her son Abid accompanied him. But after Thessaloniki fell to Greece in 1912, she returned to Istanbul with Abdul Hamid, and settled in the Beylerbeyi Palace,[10][17][18] where he died in 1918.[19] Saliha Naciye was one of Abdul Hamid's favorite wives , along with Musfika Kadin.

Last years and death

After Abdul Hamid's death, Saliha Naciye settled in the mansion of Şehzade Mehmed Selim located in Serencebey.[20] At the exile of the imperial family in March 1924, she remained in Istanbul. On 14 January 1925, she gave the power of attorney to Sami Günzberg, a well-known Turkish Jewish lawyer, authorising him to regain from usurpers buildings, lands, mines, concessions left by Abdul Hamid situated in Turkish territory and elsewhere.[21]

She died in 1925, and was buried in the mausoleum of Sultan Mahmud II, located at Divan Yolu street.[22][23]

Issue

Name	Birth	Death	Notes
Şehzade Mehmed Abid	17 September 1905[24][10][25]	29 May 1929[24][10][25]	married twice without issue
Samiye Sultan	16 January 1907[24][13]	24 January 1909[24][13]	born and died in Yıldız Palace, and buried in Yahya Efendi Cemetery

In literature and popular culture

• Saliha Naciye Hanım is a character in Tim Symonds' historical novel Sherlock Holmes and The Sword of Osman (2015).[26]
• In the 2017 TV series Payitaht: Abdülhamid, Saliha Naciye Hanım is portrayed by Turkish actress Vildan Atasever.[27]

See also

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

Annotations

1. ^
   She is also called Atike Naciye.[28][29]

References

1. Banoğlu, Niyazi Ahmet (1963). Anitlari ve tarihî eserleriyle Istanbul. Yeni C̣iǧir Kitabevi. p. 56.
2. Açba, Leyla (2004). Bir Çerkes prensesinin harem hatıraları. L & M. p. 123. ISBN 978-9-756-49131-7.
3. Açba 2007, p. 158.
4. Açba 2007, p. 158 n. 75.
5. Akyıldız, Ali (2018). Son Dönem Osmanlı Padişahlarının Nikâh Meselesi. p. 696.
6. Açba 2007, p. 158-9.
7. Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 681.
8. Örik, Nahid Sırrı (1989). Abdülhamid'in haremi. Arba. p. 41.
9. Açba 2007, p. 159.
10. Uluçay 2011, p. 252.
11. Bey, Mehmet Sürreya (1969). Osmanlı devletinde kim kimdi, Volume 1. Küğ Yayını. p. 126.
12. Ali Vâsib (2004). Bir Şehzadenin hâtırâtı: vatan ve menfâda gördüklerim ve işittiklerim. YKY. p. 73. ISBN 978-9-750-80878-4.
13. Uluçay 2011, p. 259.
14. McCullagh, Francis (1910). The Fall of Abd-ul-Hamid. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd. p. 274.
15. Hall, Richard C. (October 9, 2014). War in the Balkans: An Encyclopedic History from the Fall of the Ottoman Empire to the Breakup of Yugoslavia. ABC-CLIO. pp. 1–2. ISBN 978-1-610-69031-7.
16. Tuğlacı, Pars (1985). Türkiyeʼde kadın, Volume 3. Cem Yayınevi. pp. 165, 195.
17. Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 682.
18. Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 681-2.
19. Parry, Milman; Lord, Albert B. (1979). Serbocroation heroic songs, Volume 1. Harvard University Press. p. 371.
20. Akyıldız, Ali (2018). Son Dönem Osmanlı Padişahlarının Nikâh Meselesi. p. 701.
21. Kark, Ruth; Frantzman, Seth J. (2010). "One of the most spectacular lawsuits ever launched": Abdülhamid's heirs, his lands and the land case in Palestine, 1908-1950. p. 138.
22. Şehsuvaroğlu, Haluk Y. (2005). Asırlar boyunca İstanbul: Eserleri, Olayları, Kültürü. Yenigün Haber Ajansı. p. 223.
23. Banoğlu, Niyazi Ahmet (1963). Anitlari ve tarihi eserleriyle Istanbul. Yeni çigir kitabevi. p. 56.
24. Osmanoğlu 2000, p. 264.
25. Brookes 2010, p. 278.
26. Symonds, Tim (October 14, 2015). Sherlock Holmes and The Sword of Osman. Andrews UK Limited. ISBN 978-1-780-92756-5.
27. Payitaht: Abdülhamid (TV Series 2017– ), retrieved 2020-12-29
28. Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 680.
29. Örik, Nahid Sırrı (2002). Bilinmeyen yaşamlarıyla saraylılar. Türkiye İş Bankası. p. 145. ISBN 978-9-754-58383-0.

Sources

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• 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.
• Osmanoğlu, Ayşe (2000). Babam Sultan Abdülhamid. Mona Kitap Yayinlari. ISBN 978-6-050-81202-2.
• Sakaoğlu, Necdet (2008). Bu Mülkün Kadın Sultanları: Vâlide Sultanlar, Hâtunlar, Hasekiler, Kandınefendiler, Sultanefendiler. Oğlak Yayıncılık. ISBN 978-6-051-71079-2.
• Uluçay, M. Çağatay (2011). Padişahların kadınları ve kızları. Ötüken. ISBN 978-9-754-37840-5.