Emsalinur Kadın

Emsalinur Kadın (Ottoman Turkish: امثال نور قادین; c. 1866 – c. 1950; after the Surname Law of 1934: Emsalinur Kaya) was the eighth wife of Sultan Abdul Hamid II of the Ottoman Empire.[1]

Emsalinur Kadın
Bornc. 1866
Abkhazia
Diedc. 1950 (aged 84)
Istanbul, Turkey
Burial
Yahya Efendi Cemetery, Istanbul
Spouse
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(m. 1885; died 1918)​
IssueŞadiye Sultan
Names
Turkish: Emsalinur Kadın
Ottoman Turkish: امثال نور قادین
HouseOttoman (by marriage)
FatherÖmer or Mehmed Bey
ReligionSunni Islam

Early life

Emsalinur Kadın was born in 1866 in Caucasus.[2] Her father was either named Ömer Bey,[3] or Mehmed Bey.[4] She had a younger sister named Tesrid Hanım, who in 1894, married Şehzade Ibrahim Tevfik, son of Şehzade Burhaneddin, and grandson of Sultan Abdulmejid I.[2]

Marriage

Emsalinur married Abdul Hamid in 1885 in the Yıldız Palace,[2] and was given the title of "Sixth Kadın". On 30 November 1886, a year after the marriage, she gave birth to her only child, a daughter, Şadiye Sultan.[5] In 1895, she was elevated to the title of "Fifth Kadın". In 1901, she was elevated to the title of "Fourth Kadın".[3]

On 27 April 1909, Abdul Hamid was deposed, and sent into exile in Thessaloniki.[6] Emsalinur didn't followed him, and so remained in Istanbul.[7] After Thessaloniki fell to Greece in 1912, Abdul Hamid returned to Istanbul, and settled in the Beylerbeyi Palace, where he died in 1918.[8]

Widowhood and death

In 1924, the Imperial family was sent into exile. Emsalinur followed her daughter to Paris. However, after a staying few years there, she returned to Istanbul, and settled in her daughter's mansion located in Nişantaşı.[2]

In 1934, in accordance to the Surname Law, she took the surname "Kaya".[2] After her mansion was sold by the ministry of finance, Emsalinur settled in her granddaughter's mansion located in Erenköy known as "Galip Paşa Mansion".[2] However, after this mansion was also sold to Sabiha Gökçen, the world's first female fighter-pilot, in 1948, Emaslinur became homeless.[2]

The government had allocated her one hundred liras per month. And with this amount of money it became difficult for her to rent a house. Emsalinur Kadin died homeless in 1950, at the age of approximately eighty-four,[2] and was buried in Yahya Efendi Cemetery, Istanbul.[9] Her daughter outlived her by twenty-five years, dying in 1977.[10]

Issue
NameBirthDeathNotes
Şadiye Sultan 30 November 1886[11][12][13] 20 November 1977[11][12][13] married twice, and had issue times, one daughter

See also

References
  1. Uluçay 2011, p. 248.
  2. "Abdülhamid'in 82 yaşında evsiz ve parasız kalan hanımı, devletten bir evde 'bekçilik etme' izni istiyor!". Habertürk. 13 August 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  3. Çevrimli, Nilgün. Terms of Defining Women in Foundations from the Founder, Social Status, and Family Relation. p. 269. ...Sultan Abdülhamid Han hazretlerinin dördüncü kadını ve sultân-ı müşârun-ileyhin vâlide-i muhteremeleri devletlü ismetlü Emsalnur Kadınefendi hazretleri ibni′l-merhûm Ömer Efendi...H 1334 (M 1915).
  4. Akyıldız, Ali (2018). Son Dönem Osmanlı Padişahlarının Nikâh Meselesi. p. 701.
  5. The Concubine, the Princess, and the Teacher: Voices from the Ottoman Harem. University of Texas Press. 2010. p. 289. ISBN 978-0-292-78335-5.
  6. Hall, Richard C. (October 9, 2014). War in the Balkans: An Encyclopedic History from the Fall of the Ottoman Empire to the Breakup of Yugoslavia. ABC-CLIO. pp. 1–2. ISBN 978-1-610-69031-7.
  7. Osmanoğlu 2000, pp. 157–158.
  8. Parry, Milman; Lord, Albert B. (1979). Serbocroatian heroic songs, Volume 1. Harvard University Press. p. 371.
  9. Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 682.
  10. Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 693.
  11. Osmanoğlu 2000, p. 263.
  12. Uluçay 2011, p. 256.
  13. Brookes 2010, p. 289.

Sources
  • 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.
  • Osmanoğlu, Ayşe (2000). Babam Sultan Abdülhamid. Mona Kitap Yayinlari. ISBN 978-6-050-81202-2.
  • Sakaoğlu, Necdet (2008). Bu Mülkün Kadın Sultanları: Vâlide Sultanlar, Hâtunlar, Hasekiler, Kandınefendiler, Sultanefendiler. Oğlak Yayıncılık. ISBN 978-6-051-71079-2.
  • Uluçay, M. Çağatay (2011). Padişahların kadınları ve kızları. Ötüken. ISBN 978-975-437-840-5.
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