Gülcemal Kadın

Gülcemal Kadın (Ottoman Turkish: کل جمال قادین‎; c. 1826 – 15 December 1851) was the sixth wife of Sultan Abdulmejid I, and the mother of Sultan Mehmed V of the Ottoman Empire. [1]

Gülcemal Kadın
The burial place of Gülcemal Kadın is located inside The Cedid Havatin outbuilding of the mausoleum of Turhan Sultan, in New Mosque at Eminönü in Istanbul.
Bornc. 1826 (1826)
Sarajevo, Bosnia Eyalet, Ottoman Empire
(present day Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Died15 December 1851(1851-12-15) (aged 24–25)
Ortaköy Palace, Ortaköy, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Burial
Imperial ladies Mausoleum, New Mosque, Istanbul
SpouseAbdulmejid I
IssueFatma Sultan
Refia Sultan
Mehmed V
Full name
Turkish: Gülcemal Kadın
Ottoman Turkish: کل جمال قادین‎
HouseOttoman (by marriage)
ReligionSunni Islam

Early life

Gülcemal Kadın was born in 1826 in the Sarajevo.[2] Her actual name is unknown.[1] She was a member of a Bosnian noble family. She had a sister, Bimisal Hanım, and a brother.[3]

She had been brought to Istanbul as a young child, where she was entrusted her to the imperial harem together with her sister. Here her name according to the custom of the Ottoman court was changed to Gülcemal.[3]

Marriage

Gülcemal married Abdulmejid in 1840.[4] She was given the title of "Third Fortunate". On 1 November 1840, she gave birth to her first child, a daughter, Fatma Sultan in the Old Beşiktaş Palace.[5]

In 1842, she was hoisted to the title of Second Fortunate. On 3 February 1842, she gave birth to her second daughter, Refia Sultan in the Old Beşiktaş Palace.[6]

In 1843 she was elevated to the title of "Fifth Consort". On 2 November 1844, she gave birth to her third child, a son, Şehzade Mehmed Reşad (future Mehmed V) in the Old Çırağan Palace. In 1845, she was hoisted to the title of "Fourth Consort".[7]

Death

She died on 15 December 1851 in Ortaköy, Istanbul[8] She was never Valide Sultan to her son, because she died before Mehmed Reşad's accession to the Ottoman throne.[9] Her cause of death was tuberculosis. She is buried in the Mausoleum of the imperial ladies at the New Mosque Istanbul.

All the three of her children were adopted by Servetseza Kadın, first wife of Abdulmejid.[5][10]

Legacy

The ocean liner SS Germanic (1874) was renamed Gul Djemal when she entered the Ottoman service in 1911, in memory of Gülcemal Kadın.[11] When the ship was sold yet again, this time to Turkiye Seyrisefain Idaresi, it was renamed Gulcemal.[12]

Issue

Together with Abdulmejid, Gülcemal had three children:

  • Fatma Sultan (Beşiktaş Palace, 1 November 1840 – 26 August 1884, buried in New Mosque, Istanbul);
  • Refia Sultan (Beşiktaş Palace, 7 February 1842 – Defterdarburnu Palace, 4 January 1880, buried in New Mosque, Istanbul);
  • Sultan Mehmed V Reşad (Beşiktaş Palace, 2 November 1844 – Yıldız Palace, 3 July 1918, buried in Mehmed V Mausoleum, Eyüp, Istanbul), 35th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire;

See also

References
  1. John Freely (2001). Inside the Seraglio: private lives of the sultans in Istanbul. Penguin.
  2. Açba 2007, p. 36.
  3. Açba 2007, p. 36-7.
  4. Açba 2007, p. 37.
  5. Uluçay 2011, p. 218.
  6. Uluçay 2011, p. 220.
  7. Uluçay 2011, p. 209.
  8. Finkel, Caroline, Osman's Dream, (Basic Books, 2005), 57; "Istanbul was only adopted as the city's official name in 1930..".
  9. "Sultan V. Mehmed Reşad Han". Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
  10. Sakaoğlu 2009, p. 604-5.
  11. Mukherjee, Somenath; Ashrama, Advaita. The Ships of Swami Vivekananda. Advaita Ashrama (A publication branch of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math). ISBN 978-8-175-05904-7.
  12. Clarkson, Andrew. "SS Germanic". titanic-titanic.com. Archived from the original on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2019.

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.
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