Edadil Kadın

Edadil Kadın
Born	c. 1845 Adlersky, Sochi, Russia
Died	c. 1875 Dolmabahçe Palace, Istanbul, the Ottoman Empire
Burial	near the mausoleum of Sultan Mahmud II, located at Divan Yolu street
Spouse	Abdülaziz
Issue	Şehzade Mahmud Celaleddin Efendi Emine Sultan
Full name Edadil Kadınefendi
House	House of Aredba (by birth) House of Osman (by marriage)
Father	Tandal Bey Aredba
Mother	Aublaa Hanım
Religion	Islam

Edadil Kadın (c. 1845 - c. 1875^[1]) was the second wife of 32nd Ottoman Sultan Abdülaziz.^[2] She was the mother of Şehzade Mahmud Celaleddin Efendi and Emine Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Her marriage served an alliance between the Ottomans and the buffer state.

Biography

Edadil Kadın was born in 1845 to the Abkhazian prince Tandal Bey Aredba and his wife Aublaa Hanım.^[3] She was taken to the palace by one of the countryman of the palace. She was given private education by Pertevniyal Valide Sultan. She had blue eyes and long brown hair. She was noticed by and her married her in 1861, the year he ascended the throne. The marriage took place at Dolmabahçe Palace.^[4] She was also known as Cülus Kadın Efendi.

A year after the marriage in 1862 she gave birth to Şehzade Mahmud Celaleddin Efendi and then in 1866 to Emine Sultan. However Emine sultan died in infancy in 1867.^[5] She also had a brother, Aslan Bey, who used to life in Caucasus and he wanted to go on a pilgrimage. For this reason he requested his sister, Edadil to go on a pilgrimage with him. After the pilgrimage they came back to Istanbul and the ship was sent to Arabian Peninsula. With this ship the whole family and relatives of Edadil came to Istanbul. However, when her brother was in Istanbul he got very ill and died in a mansion at Tophane. Her was buried in the garden of a mosque in Tophane. Edadil was very upset on the death of her brother.

She died in 1875, one year before her husband's deposition and death and was buried near the mausoleum of Sultan Mahmud II, located at Divan Yolu street.^[6]

References

1. "Turkey: The Imperial House of Osman". web.archive.org. Archived from the original on May 2, 2006. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
2. "Consorts Of Ottoman Sultans (in Turkish)". Ottoman Web Page. Retrieved 2010-12-17.
3. Günay Günaydın (2006). Haremin son gülleri. Mevsimsiz Yayınları. ISBN 978-9944-987-03-5.
4. Bir Çerkes prensesinin harem hatıraları. L & M. 2004. ISBN 978-975-6491-31-7.
5. "Genealogy of the Ottoman Royal Family".
6. Christopher Buyers. "The Royal Ark – Royal and Ruling Houses of Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas". 4dw.net.