Gülcemal Kadın

Gülcemal Kadın (Ottoman Turkish: کل جمال قادین‎; c. 1826 – 15 December 1851) was the sixth wife of Sultan Abdulmejid I, and the mother of Sultan Mehmed V of the Ottoman Empire.[1]

In this Ottoman Turkish style name, the given name is Gülcemal, the title is Kadın, and there is no family name.
Gülcemal Kadın
Bornc. 1826 (1826)
Sarajevo, Bosnia Eyalet, Ottoman Empire
(present day Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Died15 December 1851(1851-12-15) (aged 24–25)
Ortaköy Palace, Ortaköy, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Burial
Imperial ladies Mausoleum, New Mosque, Istanbul
Spouse
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(m. 1840)​
Issue
Full name
Turkish: Gülcemal Kadın
Ottoman Turkish: کل جمال قادین‎
HouseOttoman (by marriage)
ReligionSunni Islam

Early life

Gülcemal Kadın was born in 1826 in the Sarajevo.[2] Her actual name is unknown.[1] She was a member of a Bosnian noble family. She had a sister, Bimisal Hanım, and a brother.[3]

She had been brought to Istanbul as a young child, where she was entrusted her to the imperial harem together with her sister. Here her name according to the custom of the Ottoman court was changed to Gülcemal.[3]

Marriage

Gülcemal married Abdulmejid in 1840.[4] She was given the title of "Third Fortunate". On 1 November 1840, she gave birth to her first child, a daughter, Fatma Sultan in the Old Beşiktaş Palace.[5]

In 1842, she was elevated to the title of "Second Fortunate". On 3 February 1842, she gave birth to her second daughter, Refia Sultan in the Old Beşiktaş Palace.[6]

In 1843 she was elevated to the title of "Fifth Consort". On 2 November 1844, she gave birth to her third child, a son, Şehzade Mehmed Reşad (future Mehmed V) in the Old Çırağan Palace. In 1845, she was hoisted to the title of "Fourth Consort".[7]

Death

She died on 15 December 1851 in Ortaköy, Istanbul[8][9] She was never Valide Sultan to her son, because she died before Mehmed Reşad's accession to the Ottoman throne.[10] Her cause of death was tuberculosis. She is buried in the Mausoleum of the imperial ladies at the New Mosque Istanbul.

All the three of her children were adopted by Servetseza Kadın, first wife of Abdulmejid.[5][11]

Legacy

The ocean liner SS Germanic (1874) was renamed Gul Djemal when she entered the Ottoman service in 1911, in memory of Gülcemal Kadın.[12] When the ship was sold yet again, this time to Turkiye Seyrisefain Idaresi, it was renamed Gulcemal.[13]

Issue
NameBirthDeathNotesReferences
Fatma Sultan1 November 184026 August 1884 • Married twice, and had issue, one son and two daughters.[14][15][16]
Refia Sultan7 February 18424 January 1880 • Married once without issue.[17][15][18]
Mehmed V2 November 18443 July 1918 • Married five tines, and had issue, three sons and one daughter.[7][15][18]

See also

References
  1. John Freely (2001). Inside the Seraglio: private lives of the sultans in Istanbul. Penguin.
  2. Açba 2007, p. 36.
  3. Açba 2007, p. 36-7.
  4. Açba 2007, p. 37.
  5. Uluçay 2011, p. 218.
  6. Uluçay 2011, p. 220.
  7. Uluçay 2011, p. 209.
  8. Finkel, Caroline, Osman's Dream, (Basic Books, 2005), 57; "Istanbul was only adopted as the city's official name in 1930..".
  9. Kolay, Arif (2017). Osmanlı Saray Hayatından Bir Kesit: Ali Akyıldız ve Mümin ve Müsrif Bir Padişah Kızı Refia Sultan. p. 680.
  10. "Sultan V. Mehmed Reşad Han". Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
  11. Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 604-5.
  12. Mukherjee, Somenath; Ashrama, Advaita. The Ships of Swami Vivekananda. Advaita Ashrama (A publication branch of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math). ISBN 978-8-175-05904-7.
  13. Clarkson, Andrew. "SS Germanic". titanic-titanic.com. Archived from the original on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  14. Uluçay 2011, p. 218-20.
  15. Paşa 1960, p. 144.
  16. Brookes 2010, p. 281.
  17. Uluçay 2011, p. 220-221.
  18. Brookes 2010, p. 288.

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.
  • 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.
  • Paşa, Ahmed Cevdet (1960). Tezâkir. [2]. 13 - 20, Volume 2. Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi.
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