Gülcemal Kadın
| Gülcemal Kadın | |||||
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| Born | c. 1826 Albania | ||||
| Died | 29 November 1851 (aged 24–25) 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 | ||||
Gülcemal Kadın (Ottoman Turkish: کل جمال قادین; "face of rose" c. 1826 – 29 November 1851) was a consort of Sultan Abdulmejid I, and the mother of Sultan Mehmed V of the Ottoman Empire.[1]
Early life
[edit]Gülcemal was Albanian and her real name was Sofi.[2] She was also related to Sabit Bey, who became Master of Robes to her son Sultan Mehmed Reşad, and his sister, the Sultan's Sixth Hazinedar, Nevfer Kalfa.[3][4] She was blonde, known for her extraordinary beauty, but of delicate health.
Marriage
[edit]Gülcemal married Abdulmejid in 1840, and was given the title of "Third Ikbal". She was one of the most beloved consorts.
On 1 November 1840, she gave birth to her first child, a daughter, Fatma Sultan in the Old Beşiktaş Palace.[5][6]
In 1842, she was elevated to the title of "Second Ikbal". On 3 February 1842, she gave birth to two twins daughters, Refia Sultan and Hatice Sultan (who died as newborn) in the Old Beşiktaş Palace.[7][6]
In 1843 she was elevated to the title of "Fifth Kadın". On 2 November 1844, she gave birth to her fourth child, a son, Şehzade Mehmed Reşad (future Mehmed V) in the Old Çırağan Palace. In 1845, she was elevated to the title of "Fourth Kadın".[8][6]
In 1850, she gave birth her last child, a daughter, Rukiye Sultan, who died in same year.[9]
Death
[edit]She died of tuberculosis[10] on 29 November 1851 in Istanbul.[11][12] She was never Valide sultan to her son, because she died before Mehmed Reşad's accession to the Ottoman throne.[13] She is buried in the mausoleum of the imperial ladies at the New Mosque Istanbul.[10]
All the three of her alive children were adopted by Servetseza Kadın, first consort of Abdulmejid.[5][14]
Really beloved by Abdülmecid, he did everything to save her life. To her doctor, İsmail Paşah, he declared: ”… I have had the most genuine conversations with this woman. Since I was a youth, I have loved her with my all heart..“.
Legacy
[edit]The ocean liner SS Germanic (1874) was renamed Gul Djemal when she entered the Ottoman service in 1911, in memory of Gülcemal Kadın.[15] When the ship was sold yet again, this time to Turkiye Seyrisefain Idaresi, it was renamed Gulcemal.[16]
Issue
[edit]| Name | Birth | Death | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fatma Sultan | 1 November 1840[5][17][18] | 26 August 1884[19][18] | married twice, and had issue, one son and two daughters |
| Refia Sultan | 7 February 1842[7][17][20] | 4 January 1880[21][20] | Twin sister of Hatice Sultan, she married once, had a daughter |
| Hatice Sultan | 7 February 1842[7][17][20] [9] | 1842[21][20][9] | Twin sister of Refia Sultan |
| Mehmed V Reşad | 2 November 1844[8][17][20] | 3 July 1918[20] | 35th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire |
| Rukiye Sultan | 1850[9] | 1850[9] |
In literature
[edit]- Gülcemal is a character in Hıfzı Topuz's historical novel Abdülmecit: İmparatorluk Çökerken Sarayda 22 Yıl: Roman (2009).[22]
See also
[edit]- Kadın (title)
- Ottoman Imperial Harem
- List of consorts of the Ottoman sultans
- List of mothers of the Ottoman sultans
References
[edit]- ^ John Freely (2001). Inside the Seraglio: private lives of the sultans in Istanbul. Penguin.
- ^ Y. İzzettin Barış (2002). Osmanlı padişahlarının yaşamlarından kesitler, hastalıkları ve ölüm sebepleri (in Turkish). The University of Michigan. p. 261. ISBN 978-975-6986-17-2.
Sultan Resat'in annesi asil adi Sofi olan Arnavut asilh Gülce-mal, Abdülmecit'in en sevdigi kadinlanndan birisiydi
- ^ Brookes, Douglas S. (February 4, 2020). On the Sultan's Service: Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil's Memoir of the Ottoman Palace, 1909–1912. Indiana University Press. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-253-04553-9.
- ^ Brookes 2010, p. 239.
- ^ a b c Uluçay 2011, p. 218.
- ^ a b c Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 589.
- ^ a b c Uluçay 2011, p. 220.
- ^ a b Uluçay 2011, p. 209.
- ^ a b c d e Jamil ADRA (2005). Genealogy of the Imperial Ottoman Family 2005. p. 8.
- ^ a b Brookes 2010, p. 282.
- ^ Finkel, Caroline, Osman's Dream, (Basic Books, 2005), 57; "Istanbul was only adopted as the city's official name in 1930..".
- ^ Kolay, Arif (2017). Osmanlı Saray Hayatından Bir Kesit: Ali Akyıldız ve Mümin ve Müsrif Bir Padişah Kızı Refia Sultan. p. 680.
- ^ "Sultan V. Mehmed Reşad Han". Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
- ^ Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 604-5.
- ^ Mukherjee, Somenath; Ashrama, Advaita. The Ships of Swami Vivekananda. Advaita Ashrama (A publication branch of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math). ISBN 978-8-175-05904-7.
- ^ Clarkson, Andrew. "SS Germanic". titanic-titanic.com. Archived from the original on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- ^ a b c d Paşa 1960, p. 144.
- ^ a b Brookes 2010, p. 281.
- ^ Uluçay 2011, p. 219.
- ^ a b c d e f Brookes 2010, p. 288.
- ^ a b Uluçay 2011, p. 221.
- ^ Hıfzı Topuz (2009). Abdülmecit: İmparatorluk Çökerken Sarayda 22 Yıl: Roman. Remzi Kitabevi. p. 40. ISBN 978-975-14-1357-4.
Sources
[edit]- Sakaoğlu, Necdet (2008). Bu Mülkün Kadın Sultanları: Vâlide Sultanlar, Hâtunlar, Hasekiler, Kandınefendiler, Sultanefendiler. Oğlak Yayıncılık. ISBN 978-6-051-71079-2.
- Uluçay, M. Çağatay (2011). Padişahların kadınları ve kızları. Ötüken. ISBN 978-9-754-37840-5.
- 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.
