Hacıye Pertevpiyale Nevfidan Kadın

Haciye Pertevpiyale Nevfidan Kadın ( 4 January 1793 – 27 December 1855) was a consort of Sultan Mahmud II of the Ottoman Empire.

Life Her origin is unknown, but the consorts of the Ottoman sultans were by custom normally concubines of Christian origin, who came to the Ottoman Imperial harem via the Ottoman slave trade, and converted to Islam and given a slave name after their arrival.

She was the BaşKadin (First Consort) of Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II after the death of the first two. She was already Mahmud's concubine when he was still a Şehzade, and on 4 February 1809, six months after Mahmud acceded to the throne she gave birth to Fatma Sultan, Mahmud II's first child. Her birth, the first in the imperial dynasty after 19 years and just six months after her father acceded to the throne, caused a scandal, as it meant she must have been conceived when Mahmud was still Şehzade and confined to the Kafes, which was forbidden at the time. The princess died on 5 August 1809.

On 30 April 1810, she gave birth to a second daughter, also named Fatma Sultan, who died on 7 May 1825. On 17 June 1813, she gave birth to Şehzade Osman and his twin Emine Sultan; the prince died on 10 April 1814 and the princess in July 1814. and was buried in the tomb of her husband Sultan Mahmud.

Issue By Mahmud II, Nevfidan had a son and four daughters: Fatma Sultan (4 February 1809 - 5 August 1809). Her birth, the first in the imperial dynasty after 19 years and just six months after her father's accession to the throne, caused scandal, as it meant she must have been conceived when Mahmud was still Şehzade and confined in the Kafes, which was forbidden at the time. She died of smallpox and was buried in the Nurosmaniye Mosque. Fatma Sultan (30 April 1810 - 7 May 1825). She died of smallpox and was buried in the türbe of Nakşidil Sultan. Emine Sultan (12 June 1813 - July 1814). Twin sister of Şehzade Osman. She was buried in the Nurosmaniye mosque. Şehzade Osman (12 June 1813 - 10 April 1814). Twin brother of Emine Sultan. He was buried in the Nurosmaniye Mosque. Emine Sultan (7 January 1815 - 24 September 1816). She died in Beylerbeyi Palace in a fire. She was buried in the Yahya Efendi mausoleum.

After her children death, in 1830 Nevfidan was entrusted to raise one of Mahmud's other daughters who had just lost her mother: Adile Sultan (23 May 1826 - 12 February 1899). Her natural mother was Zernigar Kadın, dead on 1830. She married once and had a son and three daughters.