Şevkefza Sultan

Şevkefza Sultan
شوق افزا سلطان
Valide Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Tenure 30 May 1876 - 31 August 1876
Predecessor Pertevniyal Sultan
Successor Rahime Perestu Sultan
İkinci Kadın of the Ottoman Empire
Tenure 1849 - 25 June 1861
Predecessor Hoşyar Kadınefendi
Successor Edadil Kadınefendi
Üçüncü Kadın of the Ottoman Empire
Tenure 1 August 1839 - 1849
Predecessor Bezmiâlem Sultan
Successor Tirimüjgan Kadınefendi
Born 12 December 1820
Poti, Russian Empire (present-day Georgia)
Died 17 September 1889
Çırağan Palace, Ortaköy, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Burial Yeni Mosque, Istanbul
Spouse Abdülmecid I
Issue Murad V, Aliye Sultan
Full name
Turkish: Şevkefza
English: Shauk Afza
Ottoman Turkish: شوق افزا‎
House House of Osman (by marriage)
Father Mehmed Zaurum
Mother Cemile Hanım
Religion Sunni Islam

Şevkefza Sultan (12 December 1820 – 17 September 1889; meaning "who cheers up"; Ottoman Turkish: شوق افزا سلطان‎) was the fourth wife of Sultan Abdülmecid I. She held the position of Valide Sultan from 30 May 1876 to 31 August 1876, when her son Şehzade Murad Efendi ascended the throne as Murad V.[1] She was of Circassian origin.[2][3][4]

Early years

Şevkefza Kadınefendi was born on 12 December 1820 in Poti, Russian Empire (present-day Georgia). Her father was Çerkes Mehmed Bey Zaurum and her mother was Cemile Hanım, an Ubykh.[2][5] She had a sister named Fatma Laleru Hanım.[2] Her family emigrated from the Caucasus to Istanbul, where she was delivered to the court of the Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II.

Nurtab Kadınefendi (a wife of Sultan Mahmud II) took Şevkefza into her care. She was renamed and was given a thoroughly Turkish and Muslim education in the harem department of the Topkapı Palace. When she entered her eighteenth year, she was noticed by Abdülmecid I and he married her on 1 August 1839, at the palace, when Abdülmecid was only sixteen. On 21 September 1840 Şevkefza gave birth to Şehzade Murad Efendi, and in 1842 she gave birth her daughter Aliye Sultan, but died 1845 as infant. When Valide Sultan Bezmiâlem Sultan died in 1853, Şevkefza took courage of Abdülmecid's first wife, the childless Servetseza Kadınefendi's affection for heir Murad and Abdülmecid's wish to see his son as the next Sultan, and rose in opposition to Pertevniyal Sultan and her son Abdülaziz.

As Valide Sultan

On 30 May 1876, her son Murad ascended the throne as Murad V and she became the Valide Sultan. Her son appointed her reported chief ally, Damat Nuri Pasha, as Lord Pasha, after which Şevkefza and Damat were to have confiscated all the gold coins and jewelry hidden away by Abdülaziz and his mother, the former Valide Sultan Pertevniyal Sultan, in the harem of Dolmabahçe Palace.[6] After reigning for ninety three days, Murad was deposed on 31 August 1876 due to his efforts to implement democratic reforms in the empire, and they were imprisoned in the Çırağan Palace. It is said that Şevkefza was never reconciled to Murad's deposition. On the night of the Ali Suavi incident, in 1877, When Murad's partisans tried to reinstate him on the throne, Şevkefza encouraged him to play his part. But Murad was too nervous and upset to head the conspiracy. Given his lack of leadership, the conspiracy never stood a chance of succeeding.

Death

Şevkefza died on 17 September 1889 at the Çırağan Palace, Ortaköy, Istanbul, and was buried in the Mausoleum of the Imperial Ladies at the Yeni Mosque.

Titles and styles

Ancestors and relatives of the Zaurum Family

Mehmet Bey and Cemile Hanım married and got two daughters:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Sultan V. Murad Han". Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
  2. 1 2 3 Açba, Harun (2007). "Bölüm 2: Sultan I. Abdülhamid Han Ailesi". Kadınefendiler: Son Dönem Osmanlı Padişah Eşleri (in Turkish) (1 ed.). Istanbul: Prolil Yayıncılık. p. 28.
  3. ↑ Turkish Historical Society XXXI. Türk Tarih Kurumu Osmanlı Tarihi Interaktif CD-ROM
  4. ↑ http://www.osmanli700.gen.tr/kesitler/anneleri.html
  5. ↑ İbrahim Pazan (2007). Padişah anneleri. Babıali Kültür Yayıncılığı. ISBN 978-9-944-11831-6.
  6. ↑ http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/womeninpower/Womeninpower1870.htm

Succession

Ottoman royalty
Preceded by
Bezmiâlem Sultan		 Üçüncü Kadınefendi
1 August 1839 - 1849 		Succeeded by
Tirimüjgan Kadınefendi
Preceded by
Hoşyar Kadınefendi		 İkinci Kadınefendi
1849 - 25 June 1861 		Succeeded by
Edadil Kadınefendi
Preceded by
Pertevniyal Sultan		 Valide Sultan
30 May 1876 – 31 August 1876 		Succeeded by
Rahime Perestu Sultan
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