Şayan Kadın

Şayan Kadın (Ottoman Turkish: شایان قادین‎; 4 January 1853 – 15 March 1945, birth name Safiye Zan) was the third wife of Sultan Murad V of the Ottoman Empire.[1]

Şayan Kadın
BornSafiye Zan
4 January 1853
Anapa, Russia
Died15 March 1945(1945-03-15) (aged 92)
Ortaköy Palace, Ortaköy, Istanbul, Turkey
SpouseMurad V
IssueHatice Sultan
Full name
Turkish: Şayan Kadın
Ottoman Turkish: شایان قادین‎
HouseOttoman (by marriage)
FatherBatır Zan
ReligionSunni Islam

Early life

Şayan Kadın was born on 4 January 1853 in Anapa, Russia. Born as Safiye Zan, she was a member of the Natukhai noble family, Zan. Her father was Batır Bey Zan.[2]

Safiye had been brought to Istanbul as a young child, where her father entrusted to the imperial harem. Her name according to the custom of the Ottoman court was changed to Şayan.[2] She had exquisite blue eyes, pink nose, made her a marvel in feminine loveliness. [3]

Marriage

Şayan married Murad on 5 February 1869 in the Dolmabahçe Palace, when he was the crown prince. Şayan was sixteen years old, while Murad was twenty nine.[2]

After sometime Şayan became pregnant with her first child. Pertevniyal Sultan sent over her palace midwife to abort the child. When the midwife arrived to abort the child, Murad obtained permission from Sultan Abdulaziz for this child to be aborted outside the villa. The pregnant Şayan was taken to the home of Dr. Emin Pasha for the abortion, But at Murad's request the doctor prepared a harmless concoction for her and sent her back to the prince's villa, while reporting to the palace that he had administrated treatment to induce abortion. Hatice Sultan was born in Murad's villa in Kurbağalıdere on 5 April 1870 and indeed she was brought up concealed in the villa until Murad ascended the throne.[4][5]

Murad ascended the throne on 30 May 1876, after the deposition of his uncle Sultan Abdulaziz,[6] Şayan was given the title of "Third Consort".[1] After reigning for three months, Murad was deposed on 30 August 1876,[7] due to mental instability and was imprisoned in the Çırağan Palace. Şayan and her six years old daughter followed him into confinement.[8]

Last years and death

After Murad's death in 1904, she remained in the Çırağan Palace for sometime when every one else had left.[3]

After the exile of imperial family in 1924, her daughter moved to Beirut with her family but Şayan as being the adjunct member of the family decided to stay in Istanbul. She went to live in with Reftarıdil Kadın at her mansion at Örtakoy, where she died on 15 March 1945.[9] She outlived her daughter by seven years.

Issue

Şayan Kadın and Murad had one daughter:

  • Hatice Sultan (Kurbağalıdere Köşkü, 5 April 1870 – 13 March 1938, Beirut, Lebanon and buried in Damascus), married two times and had issue.

See also

References
  1. Uluçay 2011, p. 239.
  2. Açba 2007, p. 102.
  3. Brookes 2010, p. 38.
  4. Brookes 2010, p. 99 n. 71, 282.
  5. Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 651-2.
  6. 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.
  7. Williams, Augustus Warner; Gabriel, Mgrditch Simbad (1896). Bleeding Armedia: Its History and Horrors Under the Curse of Islam. Publishers union. pp. 214.
  8. Brookes 2010, p. 99.
  9. Açba 2007, p. 103.

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.
  • The Concubine, the Princess, and the Teacher: Voices from the Ottoman Harem. University of Texas Press. 2010. ISBN 978-0-292-78335-5.
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