Verdicenan Kadınefendi

Verdicenan Kadınefendi
ورد جنان فادين افندی
Üçüncü Kadın of the Ottoman Empire
Tenure 3 October 1852 – 25 June 1861
Predecessor Tirimüjgan Kadınefendi
Successor Hayranidil Kadınefendi
Dördüncü Kadın of the Ottoman Empire
Tenure 1849 - 3 October 1852
Predecessor Tirimüjgan Kadınefendi
Successor Gülcemal Kadınefendi
Baş İkbâl of the Ottoman Empire
Tenure 1841 - 1849
Born Saliha Achba
18 October 1825
Sukhumi, Abkhazia, Ottoman Empire
Died 9 November 1889
Feriye Palace, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Burial Yeni Mosque, Istanbul
Spouse Abdülmecid I
Issue Şehzade Ahmed Kemaleddin Efendi
Münire Sultan
Full name
Turkish: Verdicenan
English: Ward-i-Janan
Ottoman Turkish: ورد جنان‎
House House of Anchabadze (by birth)
House of Osman (by marriage)
Father Kaytuk Giorgi Achba
Mother Yelizaveta Hanım
Religion Sunni Islam

Verdicenan Kadınefendi (Ottoman Turkish: ورد جنان فادين افندی‎;[1] born Princess Saliha Achba-Anchabadze; 18 October 1825 - 9 November 1889) was the İkbâl Hanımefendi (honoured lady consort) and later Kadinefendi (imperial lady consort) of the Ottoman Empire as the seventh wife of Sultan Abdülmecid I.[2][3]

Biography

Verdicenan Kadınefendi was born on 18 October 1825[4] in Sukhumi, when Abkhazia was under Ottoman Empire.[4] Born as Saliha Achba, she was a member of Abkhaz-Georgian princely family, Anchabadze. Her father was Prince Kaytuk Giorgi Bey Achba (1793-1848) and her mother was Princess Yelizaveta Hanım (1795-1843).[4][5][6] She had two brothers, Prince Islam Bey and Prince Ahmed Bey, and two sisters, Princess Peremrüz Hanım and Princess Embruvaz Hanım. Some other prominent members of her family included her grand nieces, Princesses Leyla Achba, Fatma Pesend Hanımefendi (wife of Sultan Abdul Hamid II) and Mihri Müşfik Hanım, Turkey's famous painter.[5]

In 1840 Verdicenan left her city of birth and arrived at Istanbul. At the age of fifteen, Verdicenan, married for a political alliance, her first cousin, Abdülmecid on 17 December 1840 in the Old Çırağan Palace, Istanbul. The marriage proposal was put forth by Verdicenan's father, Kaytuk Giorgi Bey, and was accepted by Abdülmecid which led to their betrothal.[4] After her marriage, her whole family was ennobled, father, brothers and nephews. The most notorious were her brother, Islam Bey's son Rasim Bey, who was given the position of doctor in the palace and her brother Ahmed Bey's son Osman Pasha, who was given the position of aide in Sultan Abdülaziz's palace.[4] After Gülüstü Kadınefendi's death in 1861, her daughter Mediha Sultan was entrusted in Verdicenan's care. In 1879, Verdicenan played a major role in Mediha Sultan's marriage to Samipashazade Necip Bey.[7] Verdicenan Kadınefendi died on 9 November 1889 at the Feriye Palace, and was buried in the Mausoleum of the imperial ladies at the Yeni Mosque, Istanbul.[4][8][9]

Issue

Together with Abdülmecid, Verdicenan had two children:[2][3]

Titles and styles

References

  1. ↑ Sicilli Osmani (1890) by Süreyya Bey, Mehmet, 1845-1909
  2. 1 2 Osman Selaheddin Osmanoğlu, Ertuğrul Osman (1999). Osmanli Devleti'nin Kuruluşunun 700. Yılında Osmanlı Hanedanı. Islâm Tarih, Sanat ve Kültür Araştırma Vakfı. ISBN 978-9-757-87408-9.
  3. 1 2 Ali Vâsıb (2004). Bir Şehzadenin hâtırâtı: vatan ve menfâda gördüklerim ve işittiklerim. YKY. ISBN 978-9-750-80878-4.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Harun Açba (2007). Kadın efendiler: 1839-1924. Profil. ISBN 978-9-759-96109-1.
  5. 1 2 İlk Türk kadın ressam: Mihri Rasim (Müşfik) Açba : 1886 İstanbul-1954 New-York. As Yayın. 2007. ISBN 978-9-750-17250-2.
  6. ↑ Bir Çerkes prensesinin harem hatıraları. L & M. 2004. ISBN 978-9-756-49131-7.
  7. ↑ Fanny Davis (1986). The Ottoman Lady: A Social History from 1718 to 1918. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-313-24811-5.
  8. ↑ Yılmaz Öztuna (1989). İslâm devletleri: devletler ve hanedanlar. Kültür Bakanlığı. ISBN 978-9-751-70469-6.
  9. ↑ M. Çağatay Uluçay (2011). Padişahların kadınları ve kızları. Ötüken. ISBN 978-9-754-37840-5.
  10. 1 2 The Concubine, the Princess, and the Teacher: Voices from the Ottoman Harem. University of Texas Press. 2010. pp. 144–47. ISBN 978-0-292-78335-5.
  11. 1 2 Genealogy Of The Imperial Ottoman Family (2005)

Succession

Ottoman royalty
Preceded by
Tirimüjgan Kadınefendi		 Dördüncü Kadınefendi
17 December 1840 - 3 October 1852 		Succeeded by
Gülcemal Kadınefendi
Preceded by
Tirimüjgan Kadınefendi		 Üçüncü Kadınefendi
3 October 1852 – 25 June 1861 		Succeeded by
Hayranidil Kadınefendi
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