Nükhetsezâ Hanımefendi (wife of Abdul Hamid I)

Ottoman Sultan Mustafa IV, the son of Nükhetsezâ Hanımefendi.

Nükhet-Sedâ (Nükhetsezâ) Hanımefendi (died 4 June 1850^[2]) was a consort to Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid I. She is considered to be the mother of Mustafa IV.^[3]

Life

Nükhetsezâ Hanımefendi is considered to be the biological mother of Sultan Mustafa IV.^[1] But as she was acting as the Bash Iqbal (Turkish for "Head Desire" or "Head Fortunate") in the Seraglio (Ottoman Harem) for Caliph Sultan Abdul Hamid I Khan at the time of Mustafa IV's accession to the Ottoman throne. Since Ayşe Sine was the first consort of the deceased Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid I Khan, Nükhetsezâ Hanımefendi was not allowed to be a Valide Sultan, instead Ayşe became the new Valide Sultan. Nükhetsezâ Hanımefendi lived until 1850, 22 years longer than Ayşe Seniyeperver. She died when she was approximately ninety years old.

When Ottoman Sultan Selim III Khan was deposed as a result of the Janissary revolt led by Kabakçı Mustafa against his military reforms on 29 May 1807, Mustafa IV became the new Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Ayşe Seniyeperver Sultan had acquired the title of Valide Sultan being the first surviving consort of the deceased Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid I and step mother of the new Sultan. It is also possible that she became Beşinci Kadınefendi and was never the mother of Sultan Mustafa IV.

See also

• Ottoman Empire
• Ottoman dynasty
• Ottoman family tree
• Line of succession to the Ottoman throne
• Ottoman Emperors family tree (simplified)
• List of mothers of the Ottoman sultans
• List of consorts of the Ottoman Sultans

Further reading

• Peirce, Leslie P., The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire, Oxford University Press, 1993, ISBN 0-19-508677-5 (paperback).
• Yavuz Bahadıroğlu, Resimli Osmanlı Tarihi, Nesil Yayınları (Ottoman History with Illustrations, Nesil Publications), 15th Ed., 2009, ISBN 978-975-269-299-2 (Hardcover).

References

Mothers of the Ottoman Sultans Halime Hatun Malhun Hatun Nilüfer Hatun Gülçiçek Hatun Devlet Hatun Emine Hatun Hüma Hatun Sittişah Hatun Gülbahar Hatun Ayşe Hafsa Sultan Hürrem Sultan Nurbanu Sultan Safiye Sultan Handan Sultan Halime Sultan Mahfiruz Hatice Sultan Kösem Sultan Turhan Hatice Sultan Saliha Dilaşub Sultan Hatice Muazzez Sultan Emetullah Rabia Gülnuş Sultan Saliha Sultan Şehsuvar Sultan Emine Mihrişah Kadınefendi Rabia Şermi Kadınefendi Mihrişah Sultan Nükhetsezâ Hanımefendi Nakşidil Sultan Bezmiâlem Sultan Pertevniyal Sultan Şevkefza Sultan Tirimüjgan Kadınefendi Gülcemal Kadınefendi Gülüstü Kadınefendi