Zeynifelek Hanım

Zeynifelek Hanım[a] (Ottoman Turkish: زین فلك خانم‎; c. 1824 – c. 1842), meaning "Ornament from heaven",[1] was the fifth wife of Sultan Abdulmejid I of the Ottoman Empire.

Zeynifelek Hanım
Bornc. 1824
North Caucasus
Diedc. 1842 (aged 17–18)
Old Çırağan Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (modern-day Istanbul, Turkey)
Burial
Nakşidil Sultan Mausoleum, Fatih Mosque, Istanbul
SpouseAbdulmejid I
IssueBehiye Sultan
Full name
Turkish: Zeynifelek Hanım
Ottoman Turkish: زین فلک خانم‎
HouseKlıç (by birth)
Ottoman (by marriage)
FatherAslan Klıç
MotherŞaşa Loo
ReligionSunni Islam

Life

Zeynifelek Hanım was born in 1824 in North Caucasus. She was a member of Abkhazian princely family, Klıç. Her father was Prince Aslan Bey Klıç and her mother was Princess Şaşa Hanım Loo.[2] She had an elder sister, Princess Ihvan Hanım (1821 – 1907), and a younger brother, Prince Osman Bey (died 1890).[3]

Zeynifelek is one of the girls that Valide Sultan loves and chooses a candidate bride. For this reason, she educated Zeynifelek well and made her learn painting. [3]

She had been brought to Istanbul at a young age, where her father entrusted her to the imperial harem together with her sister, and cousins,[4] Esmahan Iclal Loo (1823 – 1898),[5] and Arfa Geryalfer Klıç (1826 – 1881).[6] Here her name according to the custom of the Ottoman court was changed to Zeynifelek.

Zeynifelek married Abdulmejid in 1839. She was given the title of "Second Fortunate". On 22 February 1841, she gave birth to her only child, a daughter, Behiye Sultan in the Old Beşiktaş Palace. The princess died at the age of six in 1847.[7]

Death

Zeynifelek Hanım died of tuberculosis in 1842,[8] and was buried in the mausoleum of Nakşidil Sultan, Fatih Mosque, Istanbul.[3]

Charles White, who visited Istanbul in 1843, said following about her:

...Zinet or Zihem Felik [Zeynifelek]...died in 1842.[1]...The deceased...is said to have been of most intractable temper, and most jealous and fretful disposition. This eventually lead to the pulmonary complaint of which she died.[9]

Issue

Zeynifelek Hanım and Abdulmejid had one daughter:

  • Behiye Sultan (Old Beşiktaş Palace, 22 February 1841 – Istanbul, Turkey, 3 June 1847); [7]

See also

Annotations
  1. ^
    She is also called Zeynimelek, and Zerrinmelek.[10]

References
  1. White 1846, p. 10.
  2. Açba 2007, p. 48.
  3. Açba 2007, p. 49.
  4. Açba 2007, p. 48-9.
  5. Açba 2007, p. 48 n. 18.
  6. Açba 2007, p. 48 n. 19.
  7. Uluçay 2011, p. 220.
  8. White 1846, p. 10-11.
  9. White 1846, p. 11.
  10. Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 604.

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.
  • Charles White (1846). Three years in Constantinople; or, Domestic manners of the Turks in 1844. London, H. Colburn.
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