Navekmisal Hanım (Ottoman Turkish: ناوك مثال خانم; 1827 - 5 August 1854; meaning "Coquettish"[1]), called also Navekvisal Hanim, was a consort of Sultan Abdulmejid I of the Ottoman Empire.
| Navekmisal Hanım | |||||
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| Born | c. 1827 | ||||
| Died | 5 August 1854 (aged 26–27) Şemsipaşa Palace, Üsküdar, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (present day Istanbul, Turkey) | ||||
| Burial | Imperial ladies Mausoleum, New Mosque, Istanbul | ||||
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| House | Ottoman (by marriage) | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
She was born in about 1827 as a princess of the Caucasian Biberd family. His father was Prince Rustem Bey Biberd and Princess Fatma Kızılbek. She was raised in Istanbul under the tutelage of her aunt, Princess Keşfiraz Hanım, together with her sister Suzidilara Hanım, who entered the service of Abdülhamid II and died in 1919. She was introduced to Abdülmecid I by his mother Bezmiâlem Sultan.
Navekmisal married Abdulmejid in 1853. She was given the title of "Fourth Ikbal". She remained childless.[2][3] In early 1854, she probably had fallen victim to the epidemic of tuberculosis[2] then raging in Istanbul in the nineteenth century. On 24 February, she left the Dolmabahçe Palace because she was ill with tuberculosis. She died on 5 August 1854, at Şemsipaşa Palace located at Üsküdar. She is buried in the mausoleum of the imperial ladies at the New Mosque, Istanbul.[2][3]
In literature
edit- Navekmisal is a character in Hıfzı Topuz's historical novel Abdülmecit: İmparatorluk Çökerken Sarayda 22 Yıl: Roman (2009).[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Ergun Hiçyılmaz (2011). Avrat Pazarından Hareme: Mahrem Tarih. Destek Yayınevi. p. 39. ISBN 978-605-4455-65-2.
- ^ a b c Uluçay 2011, p. 215.
- ^ a b Sakaoğlu 2007, p. 603.
- ^ Hıfzı Topuz (2009). Abdülmecit: İmparatorluk Çökerken Sarayda 22 Yıl: Roman. Remzi Kitabevi. p. 135. ISBN 978-975-14-1357-4.
Sources
edit- Sakaoğlu, Necdet (2007). Bu Mülkün Kadın Sultanları. Beyoğlu, İstanbul : Oğlak Yayıncılık ve Reklamcılık. ISBN 978-9-753-29299-3.
- Uluçay, Mustafa Çağatay (2011). Padişahların kadınları ve kızları. Ankara: Ötüken. ISBN 978-9-754-37840-5.