Edadil Kadın

Edadil Kadın
Born c. 1845
Adlersky, Sochi, North Caucasus
Died c. 1875 (aged 29–30)
Dolmabahçe Palace, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Burial Sultan Mahmud II mausoleum, Çemberlitaş, Fatih, Istanbul
Spouse Abdülaziz
Issue Şehzade Mahmud Celaleddin
Emine Sultan
House Ottoman (by marriage)
Father Tandal Aredba
Mother Aublaa Hanım
Religion Sunni Islam

Edadil Kadın (Ottoman Turkish: ادادل قادین‎; c. 1845 – c. 1875), "The elegance of the heart",[1] was the third wife of Sultan Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire.[2]

Early life

Edadil Kadın was born in 1845 in Adlersky, Sochi, North Caucasus. She was a member of Abkhazian princely family, Aredba. Her father was Prince Tandal Bey Aredba, and her mother was Aublaa Hanım.[3] She had a younger brother named Aslan Bey.[4]

She had been brought to Istanbul as a young child, and was entrusted to the imperial harem. She was then place in the service of Sultan Abdülaziz's mother Pertevniyal Sultan, where her name according to the custom of the Ottoman court was changed to Edadil.[4]

Marriage

Edadil married Abdülaziz 1861 in the Dolmabahçe Palace, after his accession to the throne.[4] She was given the title of "Üçüncü Kadın".[5] A year after the marriage, in 1862, she gave birth to her first child, a son, Şehzade Mahmud Celaleddin.[6] On 21 September 1866, she gave birth to her second child, a daughter, Emine Sultan,[7] who died on 23 August 1867.[8]

Death

She died in 1875 in Dolmabahçe Palace, a year before her Abdülaziz's death, and was buried in the mausoleum of Sultan Mahmud II, located at Divan Yolu street.[4][5][9]

References

  1. ↑ A Gyre Thro' the Orient. Republican Book and Job Printing Office. 1869. p. 62.
  2. ↑ Banoğlu, Niyazi Ahmet (1963). Anitlari ve tarihî eserleriyle Istanbul. Yeni C̣iǧir Kitabev. p. 57.
  3. ↑ Açba 2007, p. 86.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Açba 2007, p. 87.
  5. 1 2 Uluçay 2011, p. 233.
  6. ↑ Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi (1959). Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi mühürler seksiyonu rehberi. Şehir Matbaasi. p. 21.
  7. ↑ Uluçay 2011, p. 235.
  8. ↑ Yıldırım, Tahsin (2006). Veliahd Yusuf İzzettin Efendi Öldürüldü mü? İntihar mı etti?. Çatı Yayıncılık. p. 36.
  9. ↑ Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 641.

Sources

  • Uluçay, M. Çağatay (2011). Padişahların kadınları ve kızları. Ötüken. ISBN 978-9-754-37840-5.
  • Açba, Harun (2007). Kadın efendiler: 1839-1924. Profil. ISBN 978-9-759-96109-1.
  • Sakaoğlu, Necdet (2008). Bu Mülkün Kadın Sultanları: Vâlide Sultanlar, Hâtunlar, Hasekiler, Kandınefendiler, Sultanefendiler. Oğlak Yayıncılık. ISBN 978-6-051-71079-2.
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