Düzdidil Hanım Explained

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Düzdidil Hanım
Full Name:Turkish: Düzdidil Hanım|italic=no
Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928);: دزددل قادین
Death Place:Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(present day Istanbul, Turkey)
Burial Place:Imperial ladies Mausoleum, New Mosque, Istanbul
House:Ottoman (by marriage)
Religion:Sunni Islam

Düzdidil Hanim (Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928);: دزددل قادین, from Persian دزد دل duzd-i dil meaning "thief of hearts"; 182518 August 1845) was a consort of Sultan Abdulmejid I of the Ottoman Empire.

Life

Düzdidil Hanım was born in about 1825. She was of half Abkhaz and half Circassian Ubykh descent. She was presented to Abdulmejid by his mother, Bezmiâlem Sultan.[1] She grew up at the court under the supervision of the chief treasurer of the harem. Abdülmecid one day noticed her while she played the piano and decided to marry her. They married in 1840, and Düzdidil was given the title of "Senior Ikbal" (BaşIkbal).

On 13 October 1841, she gave birth to twins daughters, Neyire Sultan and Münire Sultan in the Old Beşiktaş Palace. The princesses died one as newborn and the other at age of two.

On 17 August 1843, she gave birth to her third child, a daughter, Cemile Sultan in the Old Beylerbeyi Palace.On 23 February 1845, she gave birth to her fourth child, a daughter, Samiye Sultan in the Topkapı Palace. The princess died two months later on 15 April 1845.

Charles White, who visited Istanbul in 1843, wrote following about her:

Death

Düzdidil had fallen victim to the epidemic of tuberculosis then raging in Istanbul. A luxuriously decorated prayer book was commissioned around 1844 for her. As was fitting for her position, the prayer book was lavishly ornate. Düzdidil was separated from her alive daughter and isolated, entrusted to the care of her maternal cousin Cican Hanim.[2]

She died on 18 August 1845, and was buried in the mausoleum of the imperial ladies at the New Mosque Istanbul. Cemile Sultan was only two years old when Düzdidil died. She was adopted by another of Sultan Abdulmejid's wives, Perestu Kadın, who was also the adoptive mother one of her half brothers, Sultan Abdul Hamid II.

Issue

Name Birth Death Notes
Neyire Sultan 13 October 184114 January 1844 Twin sister of Münire, born in Beşiktaş Palace; buried in Nuruosmaniye Mosque
Münire Sultan 13 October 184118 December 1841Twin sister of Neyire, born in Beşiktaş Palace; buried in Nuruosmaniye Mosque
17 August 1843 26 February 1915married once, and had issue, three sons and three daughters
Samiye Sultan 23 February 1845 15 April 1845born in Topkapı Palace; died in Çırağan Palace, and buried in New Mosque

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Charles White. Three years in Constantinople; or, Domestic manners of the Turks in 1844. London, H. Colburn. 1846. 10.
  2. Book: Rebhan, Helga. Die Wunder der Schöpfung: Handschriften der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek aus dem islamischen Kulturkreis. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. 2010. 79. 978-3-880-08005-8.
  3. Book: Hıfzı Topuz. Abdülmecit: İmparatorluk Çökerken Sarayda 22 Yıl: Roman. 2009. 195. Remzi Kitabevi. 978-975-14-1357-4.