Düzdidil Hanım

Düzdidil Hanim (Ottoman Turkish: دزددل قادین, from Persian دزد دل duzd-i dil meaning "thief of hearts"; c. 1825 – 18 August 1845) was a consort of Sultan Abdulmejid I of the Ottoman Empire.

In this Ottoman Turkish style name, the given name is Düzdidil, the title is Hanim, and there is no family name.
Düzdidil Hanım
Bornc. 1825 (1825)
Died18 August 1845(1845-08-18) (aged 19–20)
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(present day Istanbul, Turkey)
Burial
Imperial ladies Mausoleum, New Mosque, Istanbul
Spouse
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(m. 1840)​
Issue
Names
Turkish: Düzdidil Hanım
Ottoman Turkish: دزددل قادین
HouseOttoman (by marriage)
ReligionSunni Islam

Life

Düzdidil Hanım was born in 1825. She was half Abkhaz and half Circassian Ubykh.[1] She was presented to Abdulmejid by his mother, Bezmiâlem Sultan.[2] She grew up at the court under the supervision of the chief treasurer of the harem. Abdülmecid one day noticed her while she played the piano and decided to marry her. They married in 1840, and Düzdidil was given the title of "Senior Ikbal" (BaşIkbal).[3]

On 13 October 1841, she gave birth to twins daughters, Neyire Sultan[4] and Münire Sultan in the Old Beşiktaş Palace. The princesses died one as newborn and the other at age of two.[5]

On 17 August 1843, she gave birth to her third child, a daughter, Cemile Sultan in the Old Beylerbeyi Palace.[6] On 23 February 1845, she gave birth to her fourth child, a daughter, Samiye Sultan[4] in the Topkapı Palace. The princess died two months later on 15 April 1845.[7]

Charles White, who visited Istanbul in 1843, wrote following about her:

The third...is cited as remarkable for her beauty, and not less so for her haughty and wayward disposition.[2]

Death
The prayer book of Düzdidil that was designed when she fell in the epidemic of tuberculosis.

Düzdidil had fallen victim to the epidemic of tuberculosis then raging in Istanbul. A luxuriously decorated prayer book was commissioned around 1844 for her. As was fitting for her position, the prayer book was lavishly ornate. Düzdidil was separated from her alive daughter and isolated, entrusted to the care of her maternal cousin Cican Hanim.[8]

She died on 18 August 1845, and was buried in the mausoleum of the imperial ladies at the New Mosque Istanbul.[3][1] Cemile Sultan was only two years old when Düzdidil died. She was adopted by another of Sultan Abdulmejid's wives, Perestu Kadın,[4] who was also the adoptive mother one of her half brothers, Sultan Abdul Hamid II.[9]

Issue
NameBirthDeathNotes
Neyire Sultan 13 October 1841[10][11] 14 January 1844[10][11] Twin sister of Münire, born in Beşiktaş Palace;[10] buried in Nuruosmaniye Mosque[10]
Münire Sultan 13 October 1841[12] 18 December 1841[12] Twin sister of Neyire, born in Beşiktaş Palace;[12] buried in Nuruosmaniye Mosque[12]
Cemile Sultan 17 August 1843[6][11][9] 26 February 1915[13][9] married once, and had issue, three sons and three daughters
Samiye Sultan 23 February 1845[7][11] 15 April 1845[7][11] born in Topkapı Palace;[7] died in Çırağan Palace, and buried in New Mosque[7]

In literature
  • Düzdidil is a character in Hıfzı Topuz's historical novel Abdülmecit: İmparatorluk Çökerken Sarayda 22 Yıl: Roman (2009).[14]

See also

References
  1. Brookes 2010, p. 280.
  2. Charles White (1846). Three years in Constantinople; or, Domestic manners of the Turks in 1844. London, H. Colburn. p. 10.
  3. Uluçay 2011, p. 206.
  4. Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 599.
  5. Uluçay 2011, pp. 220, 225.
  6. Uluçay 2011, p. 221.
  7. Uluçay 2011, p. 225.
  8. Rebhan, Helga (2010). Die Wunder der Schöpfung: Handschriften der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek aus dem islamischen Kulturkreis. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 79. ISBN 978-3-880-08005-8.
  9. Brookes 2010, p. 279.
  10. Uluçay 2011, p. 220.
  11. Paşa 1960, p. 144.
  12. Uluçay 2011, p. 218.
  13. Uluçay 2011, p. 224.
  14. Hıfzı Topuz (2009). Abdülmecit: İmparatorluk Çökerken Sarayda 22 Yıl: Roman. Remzi Kitabevi. p. 195. ISBN 978-975-14-1357-4.

Sources
  • Uluçay, M. Çağatay (2011). Padişahların kadınları ve kızları. Ötüken. ISBN 978-9-754-37840-5.
  • 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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