Beyhan consented to his offer and, after some days, sent her to the imperial harem, with a grand ceremony, and with magnificent presents, which she gave her as her dower.
[3] She was followed three years later by another daughter, Zeynep Sultan, born on 18 April 1815, who died at the age of ten months in February 1816.
[7] Shortly after his marriage to her daughter, Said Pasha incurred Mahmud's displeasure and was exiled to the provinces, to his wife's and mother-in-law's distress.
She followed this up with two letters of thanks, one when Mahmud granted her request and ordered Said Pasha brought back to Istanbul, the other when he arrived.
Melek also stressed that Hoşyar was gifted with a lively spirit and a rare intelligence, but that nevertheless she was bored by the monotony of her life.
Knowing that Melek had been in Europe, Hoşyar interrogated her as to the manners and customs of the Christians, the way the towns were built, the balls, theatres, systems of lighting by gas, the architecture of the palaces, and a thousand other matters.