Gevheri Kadın

Gevheri Kadın (Ottoman Turkish: کوهری قادین‎; born Emine Svanba; 8 July 1856 – 6 September 1884) was the fifth wife of Sultan Abdulaziz of the Ottoman Empire.[1]

In this Ottoman Turkish style name, Gevheri is the given name, the title is Kadın, and there is no family name.
Gevheri Kadın
BornEmine Svanba
8 July 1856
Gudauta, Abkhazia
Died6 September 1884(1884-09-06) (aged 28)
Feriye Palace, Ortaköy, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Burial
Imperial ladies mausoleum, New Mosque, Istanbul
SpouseAbdulaziz
Issue
Full name
Turkish: Gevheri Kadın
Ottoman Turkish: کوھری قادین‎
HouseSvatnba (by birth)
Ottoman (by marriage)
FatherSalih Svanba
MotherŞaziye Tsamba
ReligionSunni Islam

Early life

Gevheri Kadın was born on 8 July 1856[2] in Gudauta, Abkhazia. Born as Emine Svanba, she belonged to Abkhazian noble family, Svanba. Her father was Salih Bey Svatnba, and her mother was Princess Şaziye Hanım Tsamba, the daughter of Prince Osman Bey Tsamba.[3] She had a younger sister named Fatma Hanım (1858 – 1925).[4]

She had been brought to Istanbul as a young child, where her father entrusted her 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 Gevheri.[3]

Marriage

Gevheri married Abdulaziz 1872 in the Dolmabahçe Palace.[3] People were impressed of her elegance and beauty. [3] She was given the title of "First Fortunate".[5] A year after the marriage, on 21 March 1873, she gave birth to her first child, a daughter, Esma Sultan.[6] On 21 September 1874, she gave birth to her second child, a son, Şehzade Mehmed Seyfeddin.[7] In 1875, she was given the title of "Fourth Consort".[8]

Abdulaziz was deposed by his ministers on 30 May 1876, his nephew Murad V became the Sultan.[9] He was transferred to Feriye Palace the next day.[10] Gevheri, and other women Abdulaziz'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.[11] On 4 June 1876,[12] Abdulaziz died under mysterious circumstances.[13]

Death

Gevheri died on 6 September 1884 in the Feriye Palace, Ortaköy,[14] and was buried in the mausoleum of the imperial ladies at the New Mosque Istanbul.[2][15]

Issue

Gevheri and Abdulaziz had two children:

See also

References
  1. Yıldırım, Tahsin (2006). Veliahd Yusuf İzzettin Efendi Öldürüldü mü? İntihar mı etti?. Çatı Yayıncılık. p. 34.
  2. Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 642.
  3. Açba 2007, p. 94.
  4. Açba 2007, p. 94 n. 55.
  5. Uluçay 2011, p. 233.
  6. Uluçay 2011, p. 235.
  7. Bey, Mehmet Sürreya (1969). Osmanlı devletinde kim kimdi, Volume 1. Küğ Yayını. p. 269.
  8. Uluçay 2011, p. 233-4.
  9. Zürcher, Erik J. (October 15, 2004). Turkey: A Modern History, Revised Edition. I.B.Tauris. p. 73. ISBN 978-1-850-43399-6.
  10. 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. pp. 164. ISBN 978-0-521-29166-8.
  11. Brookes 2010, p. 40.
  12. Davison, Roderic H. (December 8, 2015). Reform in the Ottoman Empire, 1856-1876. Princeton University Press. p. 341. ISBN 978-1-400-87876-5.
  13. Brookes 2010, p. 43.
  14. Açba 2007, p. 95.
  15. Uluçay 2011, p. 234.

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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