Neshedil Qadin (Turkish: Neşedil Kadın, Arabic: نشئة دل قادین; c. 1857 – 30 January 1924; meaning "Gay-Hearted",[1] "Joy of Soul"[2]) was a consort to Khedive Isma'il Pasha of Egypt.

The child was kindly treated, received careful religious instruction, and was taught to read but not to write, as the latter accomplishment might have been an inducement to her penning love letters.

She was about sixteen Khedive Ismail gave her a separate establishment in the Saffron Palace,[2] with fifty Circassian and thirty Abyssinian slaves of her own.

Trembling inwardly, she went dressed in the finest Brussels lace over a pale blue satin, with a necklace and earrings of rubies and diamonds.

[2] Ismail's unflagging devotion to her raised such a storm of jealousy that after the birth of her second child, during one of her visits to Abdeen, she was served with poisoned coffee.

Contrary to his expectations, on receiving his gift Neshedil burst into tears, fell on her knees, and implored him not to give her anything that might cause further jealousy.

[8] After Isma'il Pasha's death in 1895, Neshedil's health deteriorated, and after months of sick nursing, to fall seriously ill. She eventually recovered, but remained an invalid for the rest of her life.

[8] Neshedil Qadin died in Nice, France, on 30 January 1924, during an operation[9] and was buried at Housh Tahir Pasha, her grandson.