Nafiye Ceylanyar Hanım (Ottoman Turkish: جیلان یار خانم; "precious" and "gazelle"; c. 1830 - 27 December 1855) was a consort of Sultan Abdulmecid I of the Ottoman Empire.
| Ceylanyar Hanım | |||||
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| Born | Nafiye Hanim c. 1830 Sochi, Circassia, North Caucasus, Russian Empire | ||||
| Died | 27 December 1855 (aged 24–25) Feriye Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (present day Istanbul, Turkey) | ||||
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| Consort of | |||||
| Issue | Şehzade Mehmed Rüşdi | ||||
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| House | Ottoman (by marriage) | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
Life
editShe was of Circassian origins and was born in Sochi. Her real name was Nafiye Hanım. She was tall, with long golden hair. Having been presented in the Ottoman Imperial Harem by Adile Sultan,[1] Ceylanyar married Abdülmecid in 1851, who had fallen in love with her after seeing her dance. Her family received land and income. She was given the title of "Fifth Ikbal".[2] On 31 March 1852, she gave birth to her only child, a son, Şehzade Mehmed Rüşdi in the Old Çırağan Palace. The baby died at the age of nine months.[2] The same year, she was elevated to the title of "Fourth Ikbal".
In early 1853, she was elevated to the title of "Third Ikbal",[3] and in 1854 to the title of "Second Ikbal".[4] She died of tuberculosis[5] in the Feriye Palace, on 27 December 1855, and was buried in the mausoleum of Gülistü Kadin, Fatih Mosque, Istanbul.[1][6][7]
Issue
editIn literature
edit- Ceylanyar is a character in Hıfzı Topuz's historical novel Abdülmecit: İmparatorluk Çökerken Sarayda 22 Yıl: Roman (2009).[9]
See also
editReferences
edit- 1 2 Belleten, Volume 27, Issues 105-106. Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi. 1963. p. 262.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Uluçay 2011, p. 212.
- ↑ Uluçay 2011, p. 212 n. 24.
- ↑ Uluçay 2011, p. 213.
- ↑ Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 603.
- ↑ Bayrak, M. Orhan (1979). İstanbul'da gömülü meşhur adamlar: 1453-1978. Aksüt Matbaası. p. 19.
- ↑ Kahya, Özge (2012). Sultan Abdülmecid'in kızı Mediha Sultan'ın hayatı (1856-1928). p. 4 n. 24.
- 1 2 Paşa 1960, p. 145.
- ↑ Hıfzı Topuz (2009). Abdülmecit: İmparatorluk Çökerken Sarayda 22 Yıl: Roman. Remzi Kitabevi. p. 145. ISBN 978-975-14-1357-4.
Sources
edit- Uluçay, M. Çağatay (2011). Padişahların kadınları ve kızları. Ötüken. ISBN 978-9-754-37840-5.
- Sakaoğlu, Necdet (2008). Bu Mülkün Kadın Sultanları: Vâlide Sultanlar, Hâtunlar, Hasekiler, Kandınefendiler, Sultanefendiler. Oğlak Yayıncılık. ISBN 978-6-051-71079-2.
- Paşa, Ahmed Cevdet (1960). Tezâkir. [2]. 13 - 20, Volume 2. Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi.