Nalandil Hanım

Nalandil Hanım (Ottoman Turkish: نالان دل خانم‎; c. 1829 – c. 1865) was the fourteenth consort of Sultan Abdulmejid I of the Ottoman Empire.

In this Ottoman Turkish style name, the given name is Nalandil, the title is Hanım, and there is no family name.
Nalandil Hanım
Bornc. 1829
Anapa, Russia
Diedc. 1865(1865-00-00) (aged 35–36)
Feriye Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (present day Istanbul, Turkey)
Burial
New Ladies Mausoleum Mausoleum, New Mosque, Istanbul
Spouse
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(m. 1851; died 1861)​
Issue
Among others
Full name
Turkish: Nalandil Hanım
Ottoman Turkish: نالان دل خانم‎
HouseÇipakue (by birth)
Ottoman (by marriage)
FatherNatıkhu Çipakue
ReligionSunni Islam

Early life

Nalandil Hanım was born in 1829 in Anapa. She was a member of Ubykh princely family, Çipakue. Her father was Natıkhu Bey Çipakue.[1] She had a sister named Terbiye Hanım.[2]

She had been brought to Istanbul at a young age, where her father entrusted her to the imperial harem. Here her name according to the custom of the Ottoman court was changed to Nalandil.[1]

Marriage

Nalandil Hanım married Abdulmejid in 1851. She was given the title of "Fourth Fortunate". On 7 December 1851, she gave birth to her first child, a daughter, Seniha Sultan in the Old Çırağan Palace.[3] Seniha Sultan married Mahmud Celaleddin Pasha in 1876 and had two sons from this marriage. Her elder son was Prince Sabahaddin Bey, was one of the founders of the New Ottoman Society.[4]

Towards the end 1852 she was elevated to the title of "Third Fortunate", and in 1853 she was elevated to the title of "Second Fortunate". On 20 March 1853, she gave birth to her second child, a son, Şehzade Mehmed Abdüssamed. The prince died at the age of two on 4 May 1855.[5]

In 1854, she was elevated to title of "Senior Fortunate".[5] On 2 March 1855, she gave birth to her third child, a daughter, Şehime Sultan in the Old Beylerbeyi Palace. The princess died at the age of one on 21 May 1856.[6]

Death

After Abdulmejid's death in 1861, Nalandil settled in the Feriye Palace. She died in 1865,[7] and was buried in the mausoleum of new ladies, New Mosque, Istanbul.[5]

Issue
NameBirthDeathNotesReferences
Seniha Sultan21 December 185115 September 1931 • Married once, and had issue, two sons.[8][9][10]
Şehzade Mehmed Abdüssamed20 March 18535 May 1855 • Buried in Yavuz Selim Mosque.[5][9]
Şehime Sultan31 January 185522 May 1857 • Buried in Tomb of Gülüstü Hanım.[11][12]

See also

References
  1. Açba 2007, p. 66.
  2. Açba 2007, p. 67 n. 30.
  3. Uluçay 2011, p. 227.
  4. Açba 2007, p. 67.
  5. Uluçay 2011, p. 212.
  6. Uluçay 2011, p. 229.
  7. Süreyya, Mehmed (1996). Sicill-i Osmanî — Volume 1. p. 31.
  8. Uluçay 2011, p. 218.
  9. Paşa 1960, p. 145.
  10. Brookes 2010, p. 289-90.
  11. Uluçay 2011, p. 227-28.
  12. Paşa 1960, p. 146.

Sources
  • Uluçay, M. Çağatay (2011). Padişahların kadınları ve kızları. Ötüken. ISBN 978-9-754-37840-5.
  • Açba, Harun (2007). Kadın efendiler: 1839-1924. Profil. ISBN 978-9-759-96109-1.
  • Sakaoğlu, Necdet (2008). Bu Mülkün Kadın Sultanları: Vâlide Sultanlar, Hâtunlar, Hasekiler, Kadınefendiler, Sultanefendiler. Oğlak Yayıncılık. ISBN 978-6-051-71079-2.
  • 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.
  • Paşa, Ahmed Cevdet (1960). Tezâkir. [2]. 13 - 20, Volume 2. Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi.
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