Edadil Kadın
Born1845
Abkhazia
Died12 December 1875(1875-12-12) (aged 29–30)
Dolmabahçe Palace, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Burial
Spouse
(m. 1861)
IssueŞehzade Mahmud Celaleddin
Emine Sultan
Names
Turkish: Edadil Kadın
Ottoman Turkish: ادادل قادین
HouseAredba (by birth)
Ottoman (by marriage)
FatherTandal Aredba Bey
ReligionSunni Islam

Edadil Kadın (Ottoman Turkish: ادادل قادین; 1845 - 12 December 1875; meaning "The elegance of the heart"[1]) was a consort of Sultan Abdulaziz of the Ottoman Empire.[2]

Life

She was Abkhazian and was the daughter of Prince Aredba Tandal Bey. She had at least a brother. She entered palace service at a young age, where she was especially liked by Pertevniyal Sultan, Abdülaziz's mother and Valide Sultan. Edadil Kadın was presented to Abdulaziz after his accession to the throne by his half-sister, Adile Sultan, as a token of reconciliation between brother and sister. She was described as beautiful, with brown hair and light blue eyes.[3][4][5]

She married Abdulaziz in 1861 in the Dolmabahçe Palace, after his accession to the throne, and was given the title of "Second Kadın".[6] A year after the marriage, on 14 November 1862, she gave birth to her first child, a son, Şehzade Mahmud Celaleddin.[7]

Four years later, on 30 November 1866,[8] she gave birth to her second child, a daughter, Emine Sultan,[9] who died on 23 January[8] 1867.[10]

Death

Edadil died on 12 December 1875[11] in the Dolmabahçe Palace, a year before her Abdulaziz's death, because sadness for her brither's premature death, and was buried in the mausoleum of Sultan Mahmud II, located at Divan Yolu street.[6][12]

Issue

NameBirthDeathNotes
Şehzade Mahmud Celaleddin 14 November 1862[13][6][14]  1 September 1888[6][14] married once without issue
Emine Sultan 30 November 1866[8][9] 23 January 1867[8][9] born and died in infancy in Dolmabahçe Palace; buried in tomb of Mahmud II

See also

References

  1. A Gyre Thro' the Orient. Republican Book and Job Printing Office. 1869. p. 62.
  2. Banoğlu, Niyazi Ahmet (1963). Anitlari ve tarihî eserleriyle Istanbul. Yeni C̣iǧir Kitabev. p. 57.
  3. Journal of anthropology. JSTOR. 1870. p. 119.
  4. Frederick van MILLINGEN (called also Osman Bey and Vladimir Andreevich.) (1870). Slavery in Turkey. The Sultan's Harem. A paper read before the Anthropological Society of London. p. 22.
  5. Anthropological Society of London (1870). The Anthropological Review: A Quarterly Journal of Anthropological Science and Literature. Anthropological Society of London. p. 119.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Uluçay 2011, p. 233.
  7. Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi (1959). Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi mühürler seksiyonu rehberi. Şehir Matbaasi. p. 21.
  8. 1 2 3 4 Uçan 2019, p. 23.
  9. 1 2 3 Uluçay 2011, p. 235.
  10. Yıldırım, Tahsin (2006). Veliahd Yusuf İzzettin Efendi Öldürüldü mü? İntihar mı etti?. Çatı Yayıncılık. p. 36.
  11. Genç, Füsun Gülsüm (2015). 19. yüzyılda şehzade olmak: Modernleşme sürecinde şehzadeler. p. 105.
  12. Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 641.
  13. Uçan 2019, p. 24.
  14. 1 2 Brookes 2010, p. 283.

Sources

  • Brookes, Douglas Scott (2010). The Concubine, the Princess, and the Teacher: Voices from the Ottoman Harem. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-78335-5.
  • Sakaoğlu, Necdet (2008). Bu mülkün kadın sultanları: Vâlide sultanlar, hâtunlar, hasekiler, kadınefendiler, sultanefendiler. Oğlak Yayıncılık. ISBN 978-9-753-29623-6.
  • Uçan, Lâle (2019). Son Halife Abdülmecid Efendi'nin Hayatı - Şehzâlik, Veliahtlık ve Halifelik Yılları (PDF) (PhD Thesis). Istanbul University Institute of Social Sciences.
  • Uluçay, Mustafa Çağatay (2011). Padişahların kadınları ve kızları. Ankara: Ötüken. ISBN 978-9-754-37840-5.
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