Nazikeda Kadın (consort of Abdul Hamid II)

Nazikeda Kadın (Turkish pronunciation: [nazik̟ʰeda kʰadɯn]; Ottoman Turkish: نازك ادا قادین; born Mediha Tsanba; c. 1848 – 11 April 1895; meaning 'One of delicate manners'[1]) was the first consort and chief consort (BaşKadin) of Sultan Abdul Hamid II of the Ottoman Empire.

[5] She had been brought to Istanbul as a young child, where her father entrusted her to the household of the wife of Grand Vizier Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha.

[10] A lovely brunette with a perfect figure,[7] according to Leyla Saz, she was in every way worthy of this position both with respect to her lofty spirit and because of her beauty.

[11] In 1877, Nazikeda and other members of the imperial family settled in the Yıldız Palace,[17] after Abdul Hamid moved there on 7 April 1877.

[20] Peyveste went onto marry Abdul Hamid in 1893, and became mother of the couple's only child, a son, Şehzade Abdurrahim Hayri, born in 1894.

[21] Nazikeda Kadın died on 11 April[22] 1895 in the Yıldız Palace, and was buried in the mausoleum of imperial ladies in Yeni Mosque in Istanbul.