Emine Nazikeda

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Nevvare Kadın Efendi
Emine Nazikedâ Marjim-Abaza Kadın Efendi
Spouse Mehmed VI
Full name
Emine Nazikedâ Marjim-Abaza Kadın Efendi
House House of Osman (by marriage)
Father Prince Tzebelda Chasan Marschania of Tzebelda
Mother Princess Fatma Choredjan Aredba
Born 9 October 1866
Tzebelda, Abkhazia
Died 4 April 1941
Cairo, Egypt
Religion Islam

Emine Nazikeda (Emine Nazikedâ Marjim-Abaza Kadın Efendi; 9 October 1866 in Tzebelda, Abkhazia – 4 April 1941 in Cairo, Egypt), principal consort of sultan Mehmet VI, the last Ottoman Sultan.

Biography

She was the daughter of prince Tzebelda Chasan Marschania of Tzebelda and princess Fatma Choredjan Aredba. In 1877, she was taken to the Ottoman court by her family and given to Mehmed; she was married to him in the Ortaköy Palace, Constantinople, on 8 June 1885. She was declared as his principal consort. During the war of 1919–1923, she supported charity organisations, schools, hospitals and mosques. In 1922, Mehmed was deposed and exiled. She, together with other members of his family, was kept in house arrest at the Feriye Palace by order of the new parliament until 10 March 1924, when they were also sent into exile. She lived in San Remo in Italy until the death of her spouse in 1926, thereafter in France and from 1929 in Cairo, where she died in poverty.

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