Dilfirib Kadın (Ottoman Turkish: دل فریب قادین, "deceitful heart"; c. 1890 – c. 1952) was the fifth and last consort of Sultan Mehmed V of the Ottoman Empire.[1]
| Dilfirib Kadın | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | c. 1890 Istanbul | ||||
| Died | c. 1952 (aged 61–62) Erenköy, Istanbul, Turkey | ||||
| Burial | |||||
| Spouse | Mehmed V Second husband | ||||
| Issue | Second marriage Fülan Bey | ||||
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| House | Ottoman (by marriage) | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
Life
editDilfirib Kadın was born in 1890 at Istanbul. She was Circassian.[2] She married Mehmed in 1907 as his fifth consort.[1] She remained childless.[2] On 27 April 1909, after Mehmed's accession to the throne,[3] she was given the title of "Senior Ikbal".[4] She was later elevated the title of "Fourth Kadın" when Dürriaden Kadın died in October 1909.[5] Safiye Ünüvar, a teacher at the Palace School, who met her in 1915, described her being young and well educated. Safiye Ünüvar wrote that she was friends with her and that their friendship continued until her death.[6][7]
On 30 May 1918, Dilfirib met with the Empress Zita of Bourbon-Parma in the harem of Yıldız Palace, when the latter visited Istanbul with her husband Emperor Charles I of Austria. With her beauty, she won the Empress's appreciation.[8]
Dilfirib and Nazperver Kadın, Mehmed's fourth wife were with him,[9][10] when he died on 3 July 1918.[11] After the sultan's death, she remained in the Yıldız Palace. When the imperial family went into exile in 1924, she moved in her villa located in Erenköy and she remarried with a doctor, with she had a son. She died in 1952 because cancer.[1][2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Uluçay 2011, p. 261.
- ^ a b c Brookes 2010, p. 280.
- ^ Faroqhi, Suraiya (2008). The Cambridge History of Turkey. Cambridge University Press. p. 79. ISBN 978-0-521-62096-3.
- ^ Çavdar, Döndü (2015). Tanzimat'tan Cumhuriyet'e Mefruşat-ı Hümayun İdaresi (PhD Thesis). Selçuk University Institute of Social Sciences. p. 200.
- ^ Toplumsal tarih, Issues 109-114. Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı. 2003.
- ^ Brookes 2010, p. 210.
- ^ Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 704.
- ^ Açba, Leyla (2004). Bir Çerkes prensesinin harem hatıraları. L & M. p. 58. ISBN 978-9-756-49131-7.
- ^ Brookes 2010, p. 262.
- ^ Toplumsal tarih, Issues 109-114. Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı. 2003.
- ^ Tucker, Spencer C. (October 28, 2014). World War I: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection [5 volumes]: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection. ABC-CLIO. p. 1071. ISBN 978-1-851-09965-8.
Sources
edit- 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.
- Sakaoğlu, Necdet (2008). Bu mülkün kadın sultanları: Vâlide sultanlar, hâtunlar, hasekiler, kadınefendiler, sultanefendiler. Oğlak Yayıncılık. ISBN 978-9-753-29623-6.
- Uluçay, Mustafa Çağatay (2011). Padişahların kadınları ve kızları. Ankara: Ötüken. ISBN 978-9-754-37840-5.