Düzdidil Hanım

Düzdidil Hanim (, from Persian دزد دل duzd-i dil meaning "thief of hearts"; 182518 August 1845) was a consort of Sultan Abdulmejid I of the Ottoman Empire.

Life Düzdidil Hanım was born circa 1825. She was of half Abkhaz and half Circassian Ubykh descent. She was presented to Abdulmejid by his mother, Bezmiâlem Sultan. She grew up at the court under the supervision of the chief treasurer of the harem. Abdulmejid one day noticed her while she played the piano and decided to marry her. They married in 1840, and Düzdidil was given the title of "Senior Ikbal" (BaşIkbal).

On 13 October 1841, she gave birth to twins daughters, Neyire Sultan and Münire Sultan in the Old Beşiktaş Palace. The princesses died one as newborn and the other at age of two.

On 17 August 1843, she gave birth to her third child, a daughter, Cemile Sultan in the Old Beylerbeyi Palace. On 23 February 1845, she gave birth to her fourth child, a daughter, Samiye Sultan in the Topkapı Palace. The princess died two months later on 15 April 1845.

Charles White, who visited Istanbul in 1843, wrote the following about her:

The third...is cited as remarkable for her beauty, and not less so for her haughty and wayward disposition.

She died on 18 August 1845, and was buried in the mausoleum of the imperial ladies at the New Mosque Istanbul. Cemile Sultan was only two years old when Düzdidil died. She was adopted by another of Sultan Abdulmejid's wives, Perestu Kadın, who was also the adoptive mother one of her half-brothers, the future Sultan Abdul Hamid II.

Issue Name Birth Death Notes Neyire Sultan 13 October 1841 14 January 1844 Twin sister of Münire, born in Beşiktaş Palace; buried in Nuruosmaniye Mosque Münire Sultan 13 October 1841 18 December 1841 Twin sister of Neyire, born in Beşiktaş Palace; buried in Nuruosmaniye Mosque Cemile Sultan 17 August 1843 26 February 1915 married once, and had issue, three sons and three daughters Samiye Sultan 23 February 1845 15 April 1845 born in Topkapı Palace; died in Çırağan Palace, and buried in New Mosque

In literature Düzdidil is a character in Hıfzı Topuz's historical novel Abdülmecit: İmparatorluk Çökerken Sarayda 22 Yıl: Roman (2009).