Nesrin Kadın

Nesrin Kadın^[a] (Ottoman Turkish: نسرین قادین‎; c. 1848 – 11 June 1876) was the fourth wife of Sultan Abdulaziz of the Ottoman Empire.[1]

Nesrin Kadın
Born	c. 1848 Sochi, North Caucasus
Died	11 June 1876 (aged 27–28) Feriye Palace, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire (present day Istanbul, Turkey)
Burial	Imperial ladies mausoleum, New Mosque, Istanbul
Spouse	Abdulaziz ​ ​ (m. 1868; died 1876)​
Issue	Şehzade Mehmed Şevket Emine Sultan
Full name Turkish: Nesrin Kadın Ottoman Turkish: نسرین قادین‎
House	Zevş-Barakay (by birth) Ottoman (by marriage)
Father	Ismail Zevş-Barakay
Religion	Sunni Islam

Early life

Nesrin Kadın was born in 1848 in Sochi, North Caucasus. She was a member of Ubykh princely family, Zevş-Barakay.[2] Her father was Prince Ismail Bey Zevş-Barakay (1812 – 1876),[3] son of Prince Vordezokue Bey Zevş-Barakay.[4] Nesrin had two younger brothers, Prince Hasan Bey (1850 – 1876),[5] and Prince Osman Pasha (1851 – 1892), aide-de-camp to Sultan Abdul Hamid II.[6] Her aunt was the wife of Ateş Mehmed Pasha.[2]

In 1859, the Circassian community gathered and a delegation was sent to Istanbul. The aim of the delegation was to present the Russian persecution in the Caucasus to Sultan Abdulmejid I. There were four chiefs who acted as representatives in the delegation including Nesrin's father, Ismail Bey. After they achieved their aim, Abdulmejid requested that the four chiefs stay in the Ottoman Empire, and gifted them with lands. Nesrin's father was given land in Silivri, after which her family settled in Istanbul.[2]

Marriage

Nesrin married Abdulaziz in 1868 at the Dolmabahçe Palace.[7] She was given the title of "Fourth Consort".[8] The marriage was due to her father's efforts to establish political alliance with the Ottoman Empire.[7]

A year later, Nesrin gave birth to her first child, a son, Şehzade Mehmed Şevket[9] on 10 June 1869.[10] Five years later, on 24 August 1874, she gave birth to her second child, a daughter, Emine Sultan.[8] In 1876, she was elevated to the title of "Third Consort".[3]

Abdulaziz was deposed by his ministers on 30 May 1876, his nephew Murad V becoming the Sultan.[11] He was transferred to Feriye Palace the next day.[12] The women of Abdulaziz's entourage didn't want to leave the Dolmabahçe Palace. So they were grabbed by hand and were sent out to the Feriye Palace. In the process, they were searched from head to toe and everything of value was taken from them. Nesrin, who was seriously ill at that time, was carried on a stretcher to the caique, that was to take her to the Feriye Palace. Someone even snatched the shawl that was wrapped around her.[3][13] On 4 June 1876,[14] Abdulaziz died under mysterious circumstances.[15]

Death

Nesrin Kadın died seven days after Abdulaziz's death on 11 June 1876[3] at the Feriye Palace.[16] According to historian Alan Palmer, she apparently died in childbirth.[17] She was buried in the mausoleum of imperial ladies, located at New Mosque, Istanbul.[18]

Four days after her death, on 15 June 1876,[19] her brother, Hasan Bey attempted to assassinate a large number of ministers meeting at the mansion of Midhat Pasha.[20] He was tried, and executed on 18 June 1876.[21]

Issue

Name	Birth	Death	Notes
Şehzade Mehmed Şevket	10 June 1869[22][3]	22 October 1899	married once, and had issue, one son
Emine Sultan	24 August 1874[22][8][23]	29 January 1920[8][23]	married once, and had issue, one daughter

See also

• Kadın (title)
• Ottoman Imperial Harem
• List of consorts of the Ottoman sultans

Annotations

1. ^
   She is also called Neşerek,[3] and Nesteren.[24]

References

1. Gençosman, Kemal Zeki (1976). Yakın tarihimizde rüşvet ve yolsuzluk olayları. ŞDL Yayınları. p. 85.
2. Açba 2007, p. 90.
3. Uluçay 2011, p. 233.
4. Açba 2007, p. 90 n. 51.
5. Açba 2007, p. 91 n. 53.
6. Açba 2007, p. 93 n. 54.
7. Açba 2007, p. 90-1.
8. Uluçay 2011, p. 236.
9. Bey, Mehmet Sürreya (1969). Osmanlı devletinde kim kimdi, Volume 1. Küğ Yayını. p. 280.
10. Uçan, Lâle (2019). Dolmabahçe Sarayı’nda Çocuk Olmak: Sultan Abdülaziz’in Şehzâdelerinin ve Sultanefendilerinin Çocukluk Yaşantılarından Kesitler. FSM İlmî Araştırmalar İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Dergisi. p. 233.
11. Zürcher, Erik J. (October 15, 2004). Turkey: A Modern History, Revised Edition. I.B.Tauris. p. 73. ISBN 978-1-850-43399-6.
12. Shaw, Stanford J.; Shaw, Ezel Kural (1976). History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey: Volume 2, Reform, Revolution, and Republic: The Rise of Modern Turkey 1808-1975, Volume 11. Cambridge University Press. pp. 164. ISBN 978-0-521-29166-8.
13. Brookes 2010, p. 40.
14. Davison, Roderic H. (December 8, 2015). Reform in the Ottoman Empire, 1856-1876. Princeton University Press. p. 341. ISBN 978-1-400-87876-5.
15. Brookes 2010, p. 43.
16. Açba 2007, p. 91.
17. Palmer, Alan (May 19, 2011). The Decline and Fall of the Ottoman Empire. Faber & Faber. ISBN 978-0-571-27908-1.
18. Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 642.
19. Zücher, Erik J. (September 4, 2004). Turkey: A Modern History, Revised Edition. I.B.Tauris. p. 73. ISBN 978-1-860-64958-5.
20. Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies: JSAS. The Society. 1999. p. 116.
21. Mattar, Philip (2004). Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East & North Africa: A-C. Macmillan Reference USA. pp. 575. ISBN 978-0-028-65770-7.
22. Uçan 2019, p. 24.
23. Brookes 2010, p. 280.
24. Öztuna, Yılmaz (March 24, 2014). Bir Darbenin Anatomisi. Ötüken Neşriyat A.Ş. ISBN 978-6-051-55082-4.

Sources

• 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.
• Sakaoğlu, Necdet (2008). Bu mülkün kadın sultanları: Vâlide sultanlar, hâtunlar, hasekiler, kadınefendiler, sultanefendiler. Oğlak Yayıncılık. ISBN 978-9-753-29623-6.
• Uçan, Lâle (2019b). 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.