Nevfidan Kadın

Nevfidan Kadın[2] (Ottoman Turkish: نوفدان قادین‎; 4 January 1793 - 27 December 1855) was the third wife of Sultan Mahmud II of the Ottoman Empire. [2]

Nevfidan Kadın
The grave of Nevfidan Kadin is located in the Mahmud II Mausoleum at Divanyolu, Istanbul, Turkey
Born4 January 1793 [1]
Died27 December 1855(1855-12-27) (aged 62)
Nafizpaşa Palace, Beylerbeyi, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire, (present day Istanbul, Turkey)
Burial
Mahmud II Mausoleum, Istanbul, Turkey
SpouseMahmud II
IssueŞehzade Osman
Full name
Turkish: Haciye Nevfidan Kadın
Ottoman Turkish: حاجیه نوفدان قادین‎
HouseOttoman (by marriage)
ReligionSunni Islam

Life

She was the senior consort of Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II. In 1809 she gave birth to Fatma Sultan, Mahmud II’s first child. On 7 January 1815 she gave birth to Emine Sultan and Şehzade Osman. She was the second consort of Sultan Mahmud who underwent the holy pilgrimage. Since the children of Nevfîdan Kadın did not live and the mother of Adile Sultan, Zernigar Kadın, died, Mahmud gave Adile Sultan to Nevfidan Kadın to be raised. After the death of Sultan Mahmud, she asked Abdulmejid for permission to go on a pilgrimage. After completing it, she returned to Istanbul in 1842. She had a seal commissioned made for the occasion: "His Heavenly Majesty Sultan Mahmud, Her Highness Haciye Nevfîdan Baş Kadın”.[3][2][4][5]

Nevfidan Kadın received love and respect from Abdulmejid. She protected the poor and helped the needy; she also built foundations for the poor in Mecca and Medina.[6] She was a very religious woman.

Death

Nevfidan Kadın died on 27 December 1855 in Nafizpaşa Palace, Beylerbeyi,[7] and was buried in the tomb of her husband Sultan Mahmud.[3][2][6] [5]

References
  1. Adra, Jamil (2005). Genealogy of the Imperial Ottoman Family 2005. p. 3.
  2. Uluçay 1992, p. 183.
  3. Uluçay 2007, p. 190.
  4. Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 541.
  5. Uluçay 2011, p. 183.
  6. Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 540.
  7. Belleten, Volume 27, Issues 105-106. Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi. 1963. p. 262.

Sources
  • M. Çağatay Uluçay (1992). Padişahların Kadınları ve Kızları. Ankara : Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevı. ISBN 978-9-751-60461-3.
  • Necdet Sakaoğlu (2008). Bu Mülkün Kadın Sultanları. Beyoğlu, İstanbul : Oğlak Yayıncılık ve Reklamcılık. ISBN 978-9-753-29299-3.
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