Nazperver Kadın

Nazperver Kadın
Born Emine Çikotua
12 June 1870
Beşiktaş, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Died 9 March 1929(1929-03-09) (aged 58)
Vaniköy, Üsküdar, Istanbul, Turkey
Burial Yahya Efendi Cemetery, Istanbul
Spouse Mehmed V
House Ottoman (by marriage)
Father Ismail Çikotua
Mother Aliye Dziapş-lpa
Religion Sunni Islam

Nazperver Kadın (Ottoman Turkish: نازپرور قادین‎; 12 June 1870 – 9 March 1929; born Princess Emine Çikotua),[1] meaning "Breeder of grace",[2] was the fourth wife of Sultan Mehmed V of the Ottoman Empire.[3][4]

Early life

Nazperver Kadın was born on 12 June 1870 in Beşiktaş, Istanbul. Born as Emine Çikotua, she was a member of an Abkhazian princely family Çikotua. Her father waas Prince Ismail Bey Çikotua, and her mother was Princess Aliye Hanım Dziapş-lpa, the daughter of Prince Mahmud Dziapş-lpa. She had a sister named Behiye Hanım. She was the maternal niece of Dürrünev Kadın, first wife of Sultan Abdülaziz.[5]

In 1874, Emine had been brought to Istanbul as a young child, where her father entrusted her and her sister to the care of her aunt Dürrünev Kadın. her name according to the custom of the Ottoman court was changed to Nazperver.[6]

Abdülaziz was deposed by his ministers on 30 May 1876, his nephew Murad V became the Sultan.[7] He was transferred to Feriye Palace the next day.[8] Her aunt Dürrünev, and other women of Abdülaziz's entourage didn't wanted to leave the Dolmabahçe Palace. So they were grabbed by hand and were send out to the Feriye Palace. In the process, they were searched from head to toe and everything of value was taken from them.[9] Naperver followed her aunt to Feriye Palace.[6] On 4 June 1876,[10] Abdülaziz died under mysterious circumstances.[11]

Marriage

One day, when Mehmed was in his forties, he visited aunt-in-law Dürrünev Kadın in the Feriye Palace. Here he saw Nazperver, then eighteen years old, and fell in love with her. He asked his aunt-in-law to give him Nazperver in marriage. She acceded to her nephew-in-law's demand, and the marriage took place in 1888 in the Veliahd Palace.[6] Nazperver didn't bore Mehmed any children.[12]

On 27 April 1909, after Mehmed's accession to the throne,[13] she was given the title of "Dördüncü Kadın". Upon the death of Dürrüaden Kadın in October 1909, Nazperver was given the title of "Üçüncü Kadın".[3][4]

Safiye Ünüvar, a teacher at the Palace School, who met her in 1915, described her as being plump, and tall.[14] Although, Nazperver did not appear particularly learned, but she did have a refined and kindly air about her that made a good impression. It seems that having no children weighed heavily upon her, despite the fact that the Sultan treated her most kindly and graciously, and so she lived out her life in this rather downhearted fashion.[15]

On 18 May 1918, Nazperver met with the Empress Zita of Bourbon-Parma in the Dolmabahçe Palace, when the latter visited Istanbul. During the Empress's visit, she communicated with her in French,[16][17] which she had been taught by her aunt Dürrünev Kadın.[6]

Death

After Mehmed's death on 3 July 1918,[18] Nazperver settled in a mansion at Vaniköy,[4] where she died on 9 March 1929. She was buried in Yahya Efendi Cemetery, Istanbul.[19]

References

  1. ↑ Açba 2007, p. 171.
  2. ↑ Adıvar, Halide Edib (2009). Inside India. K.N. Book House. p. 143.
  3. 1 2 Uluçay 2011, p. 261.
  4. 1 2 3 Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 703.
  5. ↑ Açba 2007, p. 171-2.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Açba 2007, p. 172.
  7. ↑ Zürcher, Erik J. (October 15, 2004). Turkey: A Modern History, Revised Edition. I.B.Tauris. p. 73. ISBN 978-1-850-43399-6.
  8. ↑ Shaw, Stanford J.; Shaw, Ezel Kural (1976). History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey: Volume 2, Reform, Revolution, and Republic: The Rise of Modern Turkey 1808-1975, Volume 11. Cambridge University Press. p. 164. ISBN 978-0-521-29166-8.
  9. ↑ Brookes 2010, p. 40.
  10. ↑ Davison, Roderic H. (December 8, 2015). Reform in the Ottoman Empire, 1856-1876. Princeton University Press. p. 341. ISBN 978-1-400-87876-5.
  11. ↑ Brookes 2010, p. 43.
  12. ↑ Brookes 2010, p. 286.
  13. ↑ Faroqhi, Suraiya (2008). The Cambridge History of Turkey. Cambridge University Press. p. 79. ISBN 978-0-521-62096-3.
  14. ↑ Uniwersytet Jagielloński. Instytut Filologii Orientalnej (2005). Turks and non-Turks: studies on the history of linguistic and cultural contacts. Institute of Oriental Philology Jagiellonian University. p. 524. ISBN 978-83-7188-891-5.
  15. ↑ Brookes 2010, p. 210.
  16. ↑ Açba, Leyla (2004). Bir Çerkes prensesinin harem hatıraları. L & M. p. 56. ISBN 978-9-756-49131-7.
  17. ↑ Açba 2007, p. 173.
  18. ↑ Tucker, Spencer C. (October 28, 2014). World War I: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection [5 volumes]: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection. ABC-CLIO. p. 1071. ISBN 978-1-851-09965-8.
  19. ↑ Açba 2007, p. 174.

Sources

  • Uluçay, M. Çağatay (2011). Padişahların kadınları ve kızları. Ötüken. ISBN 978-9-754-37840-5.
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