Tirimüjgan Kadınefendi

Tirimüjgan Kadınefendi[1]

The resting place of Tirimüjgan Kadınefendi is located inside the Cedid Havatin Türbesi at the Yeni Mosque in Eminönü, Istanbul
Üçüncü Kadın of the Ottoman Empire
Tenure 1849 – 3 October 1852
Predecessor Şevkefza Sultan
Successor Verdicenan Kadınefendi
Dördüncü Kadın of the Ottoman Empire
Tenure 1841 – 1849
Successor Verdicenan Kadınefendi
Born Virgin
16 August 1819
Circassia[2]
Died 3 October 1852
Feriye Palace, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Burial The türbe of Cedid Havatin at the Yeni Mosque in Istanbul
Spouse Abdülmecid I
Issue Abdülhamid II
House House of Osman (by marriage)
Religion Islam, previously Christianity

Tirimüjgan Kadınefendi[3][4] (b. Circassia, 16 August 1819 – d. Feriye Palace, 3 October 1852), was the daughter of Bekhan Bey, who belonged to the tribe of Shapsugs in Circassia, and his wife Almaş Hanım. She was the wife of the Ottoman Sultan Abdülmecid[5] and the mother of Sultan Abdülhamid II.[6] She was Kadinefendi of the Ottoman Empire from their marriage until her death on 3 October 1852.

Life

Whenever Sultan Abdülhamid II would speak of his mother, he would say: "My poor mother left this world at such a young age, but I can still picture her. I can never forget her. She loved me very much. When she became ill, she used to have me sit opposite her and content herself with gazing into my face, for she could not bring herself to kiss me. May God bless her soul."

Tîr-î-Müjgan was among the longest serving kalfas at the palace for her refinement, her politeness, and her beauty. In her memoirs, Ayşe Sultan, the daughter of Sultan Abdul Hamid II, depicts Tîr-î-Müjgan (or Tirimüjgan) Kadınefendi as having "green eyes and long, dark blond hair, pale skin of translucent white colour, thin waist, slender body structure, and very good-looking hands and feet."[2] Ayşe Sultan adds that "Old Circassian women at the palace used to tell that she [Tirimüjgan] was from the Shapsug tribe, and I also remember my father [Abdul Hamid II] referring to every Shapsug Adyghe [Circassian] girl as "Our Valide's (mother) kind".[2] Despite her well-documented origins, Abdülhamid II's personal enemies falsely claimed that she was the daughter of an Armenian musician, originally named Çandır.

Tîr-î-Müjgan married Abdülmecid in 1840 at the Topkapı Palace in Istanbul. She gave birth to two princes and one princess. Her first child was Princess Naime Sultan, who died of smallpox at the age of two and a half in March 1843. Sultan Abdul Hamid II was her second child, while her third child was Şehzade Mehmed Abid Efendi, who died in May 1848 around the age of one month.[7]

Death

Tîr-î-Müjgan Kadınefendi could never become a Valide Sultan to her son, because she died of tuberculosis on 3 October 1852, nearly 23 years before Sultan Abdülhamid II's accession to the Ottoman throne on 31 August 1876,[8][9] at the Feriye Palace in Istanbul. In place of his biological mother Tîr-î-Müjgan Kadınefendi, the title of Valide Sultan was acquired by Rahîme Pirîstû (Perestû) who was the adoptive mother of Abdülhamid II. Her tomb is located inside the Cedid Havatin Türbesi at the Yeni Mosque in Istanbul. In 1887, her son Abdülhamid II built a mosque in her memory.

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References

  1. ↑ "Consorts Of Ottoman Sultans (in Turkish), according to more recent investigations, proclaims her name as Tîr-î-Müjgan Üçüncü Kadın Efendi". Ottoman Web Page. Retrieved 2010-12-17.
  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. 32. Retrieved 24 Apr 2016.
  3. ↑ "Consorts Of Ottoman Sultans (in Turkish)". Ottoman Web Page. Retrieved 2010-12-17.
  4. ↑ Freely, John – Inside the Seraglio, Chapter 15: On the Shores of the Bosphorus, published 1999. (Formerly, John Freely was a Professor Of Physics at Boğaziçi University, Istanbul)
  5. ↑ "Ottoman Research Foundation (in Turkish); announces the results of their recent investigations and proclaims her name as "Tîr-î-Müjgan Kadın Efendi"". Ottoman Sultans Web Page. Retrieved 2010-12-17.
  6. ↑ "Sultan Abdülhamid II Khan". Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Retrieved 2010-12-17.
  7. ↑ Yavuz Bahadıroğlu, Resimli Osmanlı Tarihi, Nesil Yayınları (Ottoman History with Illustrations, Nesil Publications), 15th Ed., 2009, page 505, ISBN 978-975-269-299-2
  8. ↑ "Turkey10". 2006-04-22. Archived from the original on April 22, 2006. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
  9. ↑ "Genealogy of the Ottoman Royal Family".
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