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Feride Hanımsultan

Feride Hanımsultan was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Atiye Sultan and Ahmed Fethi Pasha, and a granddaughter of the Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II.

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Feride Hanımsultan
Born30 May 1847
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(present-day Istanbul, Turkey)
DiedDecember 1920 (aged 73)
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Burial
Yahya Efendi Cemetery, Istanbul
Spouse
Mahmud Nedim Pasha
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(m. 1868; died 1904)​
IssueMehmed Saib Bey
Names
Turkish: Feride Hanımsultan
Ottoman Turkish: فریدہ خانم سلطان
FatherAhmed Fethi Pasha
MotherAtiye Sultan
ReligionSunni Islam

Feride Hanımsultan (Ottoman Turkish: فریدہ خانم سلطان; 30 May 1847 – December 1920) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Atiye Sultan and Ahmed Fethi Pasha, and a granddaughter of the Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II.

Biography

Feride Hanımsultan was born on 30 May 1847.1 Her father was Ahmed Fethi Pasha, son of Rodoslu Hafız Ahmed Agha2 and Saliha Hanım,3 and her mother was Atiye Sultan, daughter of Sultan Mahmud II and Pervizifelek Kadın.45 She had a full sister, Seniye Hanımsultan, three years elder than her. She also had five paternal half-siblings, brothers Mehmed Besim Bey and Damat Mahmud Celaleddin Pasha, who married Cemile Sultan, daughter of Sultan Abdulmejid I, and sisters, Ferdane Hanım, Saliha Yeğane Hanım and Emine Güzide Hanım.67

After their mother's death in 1850, Feride and Seniye came into possession of their mother's palace in Emirgan, while Atiye's palace in Arnavutköy was allocated for the guests, who visited the empire. Later, their palace in Emirgan was given to the governor of Egypt, and the two sisters were allocated the villa of Rıza Pasha. Later still, the two came into possession of the palace in Arnavutköy.8

In 1868, she married Mahmud Nedim Pasha.8910 The two together had a son, Mehmed Saib Bey, born on 1861, who died on 26 November 1871.11 She was widowed upon his death in 1904.12 In 1912, the "Hilal-i Ahmer Centre for Women" was organized within the "Ottoman Hilal-i Ahmer Association", a foundation established in 1877 to provide medical care in Istanbul and surrounding communities.13 As a member of the foundation, Feride was obliged to give the foundation 1500 kuruş every year.14

Feride died in December 1920, and was buried in Yahya Efendi Cemetery, Istanbul.815

Honour

Issue

Name Birth Death Notes
Mehmed Saib Bey 1869 26 November 1871 Died young, and buried in Eyüp

Ancestry

Ancestors of Feride Hanımsultan
8. Hasan Agha7
4. Rodoslu Hafız Ahmed Agha17
2. Ahmed Fethi Pasha7
7. Saliha Hanım3
1. Feride Hanımsultan
12. Abdul Hamid I19
6. Mahmud II18
13. Nakşidil Sultan19
3. Atiye Sultan7
7. Pervizifelek Kadın18
References

References

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  3. Gerçek, Ferruh (1999). Türk müzeciliği. T.C. Kültür Bakanlığı yayınları. T.C. Kültür Bakanlığı. p. 314. ISBN 978-975-17-2268-3.
  4. Sakaoğlu, Necdet (2008). Bu mülkün kadın sultanları: Vâlide sultanlar, hâtunlar, hasekiler, kadınefendiler, sultanefendiler. Oğlak Yayıncılık. p. 557. ISBN 978-9-753-29623-6.
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  9. Bey, M.S.; Akbayar, N.; Kahraman, S.A. (1996). Sicill-i Osmanı̂. Eski yazıdan yeni yazıya. Kültür Bakanlığı ile Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı'nın ortak yayınıdır. p. 1651. ISBN 978-975-333-044-2.
  10. Yerdoğan, Ali Emre (2019). Cerîde-i Askeriyye Gazetesi'nin Tasnîfi (1864-1870) (Thesis) (in Turkish). Aydın Adnan Menderes University Institute of Social Sciences. p. 29.
  11. Bey, Mehmet Süreyya (1969). Osmanlı devletinde kim kimdi. Küğ yayını. Küğ Yayını. pp. 143, 261.
  12. Adra, Jamil (2005). Genealogy of the Imperial Ottoman Family 2005. p. 9.
  13. Hacker, Barton; Vining, Margaret (17 August 2012). A Companion to Women's Military History. BRILL. p. 199. ISBN 978-9-004-21217-6.
  14. Ahmet Zeki İzgöer; Ramazan Tuğ (2013). Padişahın himayesinde Osmanlı Kızılay Cemiyeti 1911-1913 yıllığı. Türkiye Kızılayı Derneği. p. 50. ISBN 978-605-5599-14-0.
  15. Bardakçı, Murat (1991). Son Osmanlılar: Osmanlı hanedanının sürgün ve miras öyküsü. Gri Yayın. p. 158.
  16. Osmanoğlu, A. (1984). Babam Sultan Abdülhamid: hatıralarım. Selçuk Yayınları. p. 105.
  17. Örenç, A.F. (2006). Yakındönem tarihimizde Rodos ve Oniki Ada. Doğu Kütüphanesi. p. 270. ISBN 978-9944-397-09-4.
  18. Rıza, Ali; Çoruk, Ali Şükrü (2001). Eski zamanlarda İstanbul hayatı. Eski zamanlarda İstanbul hayatı. Kitabevi. p. 301. ISBN 978-975-7321-33-0.
  19. Brookes, Douglas Scott (2010). The Concubine, the Princess, and the Teacher: Voices from the Ottoman Harem. University of Texas Press. p. 283. ISBN 978-0-292-78335-5.