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Names
	Turkish: Emsalinur Kadın; Ottoman Turkish: امثال نور قادین

Emsalinur Kadın
Emsalinur Kadın
Born	2 January 1866; Tbilisi
Died	1952 (aged 85–86); Istanbul, Turkey
Burial	Yahya Efendi Cemetery, Istanbul
Spouse	Abdul Hamid II (m. 1885; died 1918)
Issue	Şadiye Sultan
Names
Names
	Turkish: Emsalinur Kadın; Ottoman Turkish: امثال نور قادین
House	Ottoman (by marriage)
Father	Ömer or Mehmed Bey
Religion	Sunni Islam

Emsalinur Kadın (Ottoman Turkish: امثال نور قادین; "exemplary light"; 2 January 1866 – c. 1952; after the Surname Law of 1934: Emsalinur Kaya) was the seventh consort of Sultan Abdul Hamid II of the Ottoman Empire.^[1]

Early life

Emsalinur Kadın was born in 1866 in Tbilisi.^[2] Her father was either named Ömer Bey,^[3] or Mehmed Bey.^[4] She had a younger sister named Tesrid Hanım, who in 1894, married Şehzade Ibrahim Tevfik, son of Şehzade Burhaneddin, and grandson of Sultan Abdulmejid I. Emsalinur was known for her beauty and grace.^[2]

Marriage

Emsalinur married Abdul Hamid in 1885 in the Yıldız Palace,^[2] and was given the title of "Fifth Kadın". On 30 November 1886, a year after the marriage, she gave birth to her only child, a daughter, Şadiye Sultan.^[5] In 1895, she was elevated to the title of "Fourth Kadın". In 1901, she was elevated to the title of "Third Kadın". She built a mosque in Kırkpınar in 1907 and was gifted a mansion in Nişantaşı, where she lived after her husband's deposition.^[3]

On 27 April 1909, Abdul Hamid was deposed, and sent into exile in Thessaloniki.^[6] Emsalinur didn't followed him, and so remained in Istanbul.^[7] After Thessaloniki fell to Greece in 1912, Abdul Hamid returned to Istanbul, and settled in the Beylerbeyi Palace, where he died in 1918.^[8]

Widowhood and death

In 1924, the Imperial family was sent into exile. Emsalinur followed her daughter to Paris. However, after a staying few years there, she returned to Istanbul, and settled in her mansion located in Nişantaşı.^[2]

In 1934, in accordance to the Surname Law, she took the surname "Kaya".^[2] After her mansion was sold by the ministry of finance, Emsalinur settled in her granddaughter's mansion located in Erenköy known as "Galip Paşa Mansion".^[2] However, after this mansion was also sold to Sabiha Gökçen, the world's first female fighter-pilot, in 1948, Emaslinur became homeless.^[2]

The government had allocated her one hundred liras per month. And with this amount of money it became difficult for her to rent a house. Emsalinur Kadin died homeless in 1952, at the age of approximately eighty-six,^[2] and was buried in Yahya Efendi Cemetery, Istanbul.^[9] Her daughter outlived her by twenty-five years, dying in 1977.^[10]

Issue

Name	Birth	Death	Notes
Şadiye Sultan	30 November 1886^[11]^[12]^[13]	20 November 1977^[11]^[12]^[13]	married twice, and had issue, one daughter

References

^ Uluçay 2011, p. 248.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Abdülhamid'in 82 yaşında evsiz ve parasız kalan hanımı, devletten bir evde 'bekçilik etme' izni istiyor!". Habertürk. 13 August 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
^ ^a ^b Çevrimli, Nilgün. Terms of Defining Women in Foundations from the Founder, Social Status, and Family Relation. p. 269. ...Sultan Abdülhamid Han hazretlerinin dördüncü kadını ve sultân-ı müşârun-ileyhin vâlide-i muhteremeleri devletlü ismetlü Emsalnur Kadınefendi hazretleri ibni′l-merhûm Ömer Efendi...H 1334 (M 1915).
^ Akyıldız, Ali (2018). Son Dönem Osmanlı Padişahlarının Nikâh Meselesi. p. 701.
^ The Concubine, the Princess, and the Teacher: Voices from the Ottoman Harem. University of Texas Press. 2010. p. 289. ISBN 978-0-292-78335-5.
^ Hall, Richard C. (October 9, 2014). War in the Balkans: An Encyclopedic History from the Fall of the Ottoman Empire to the Breakup of Yugoslavia. ABC-CLIO. pp. 1–2. ISBN 978-1-610-69031-7.
^ Osmanoğlu 2000, pp. 157–158.
^ Parry, Milman; Lord, Albert B. (1979). Serbocroatian heroic songs, Volume 1. Harvard University Press. p. 371.
^ Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 682.
^ Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 693.
^ ^a ^b Osmanoğlu 2000, p. 263.
^ ^a ^b Uluçay 2011, p. 256.
^ ^a ^b Brookes 2010, p. 289.

Sources

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.
Osmanoğlu, Ayşe (2000). Babam Sultan Abdülhamid. Mona Kitap Yayinlari. ISBN 978-6-050-81202-2.
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 978-975-437-840-5.