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Filizten Hanım (Ottoman Turkish: فيليزتن خانم; c. 1861–1862 – c. 1945;
meaning "Tendril bodied" or "big eyes") was the last
consort of
Sultan Murad V of...
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primary source about his life
comes from the
memoirs of one of his consorts,
Filizten Hanım,
written in the 1930s.
Murad learned both
French and Arabic. He ordered...
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princes and princesses), Murad's children. In her memoir,
fellow consort,
Filizten Hanım,
reports that
Gevherriz worked with Nakşifend Kalfa, the hazinedar...
- her father.
Gevherriz Hanım
taught her to play the piano.
According to
Filizten Hanım,
Hatice Sultan was a bit too
romantic by nature. She was so beautiful...
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between 1901 and 1904, with her husband,
Kemaleddin Pasha.
According to
Filizten Hanım, the two
decided to have
Naime murdered so they
could get married...
- 1869.
Resan Hanım (aged 17) was
married to
Murad V (aged 37) in 1877.
Filizten Hanım (aged 17) was
married to
Murad V (aged 39)
around 1879. Zübeyde Hanım...
- was sent to
Bursa with the
consorts Gevherriz Hanım, Remzşinas Hanım and
Filizten Hanım for a few
years and her
salary was
canceled by the
Committee of Union...
- was sent to
Bursa with
other consorts Nevdürr Hanım,
Gevherriz Hanım and
Filizten Hanım. She
returned to
Istanbul in 1914. At the
exile of the
imperial family...
- the
first born in the Çırağan
Palace during his prisonery.
According to
Filizten Hanım, she was calm, dignified, serious-minded, polite, and gentle, differenti...
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memoirs are a
valuable source about the
Ottoman Imperial Harem.
Alongside Filizten Hanım,
consort of
Sultan Murad V,
Nevzad Hanım
consort of
Mehmed VI, Ayşe...
