Inşirah Hanım

Inşirah Hanım
انشراح خانم
Born Seniye Voçibe
(1887-07-10)July 10, 1887
Batumi, Georgia
Died June 10, 1930(1930-06-10) (aged 42)
Cairo, Egypt
Burial Cairo, Egypt
Spouse Mehmed VI
Full name
Turkish: Inşirah Hanım
English: Inshirah Khanum
Ottoman Turkish: انشراح خانم‎
House House of Voçibe (by birth)
House of Osman (by marriage)
Father Aziz Bey Voçibe
Religion Sunni Islam

Inşirah Hanım (Ottoman Turkish: انشراح خانم‎; 10 July 1887 – 10 June 1930) was the wife of Prince Şehzade Mehmed Vahideddin, future last Sultan Mehmed VI of the Ottoman Empire.

Life

Princess Inşirah Hanım was born in 1887 to Aziz Bey Voçibe.[1] She was the niece of the future Empress Dürrüaden Kadın, third consort of Sultan Mehmed V. At a very young age she was given to the palace where she received private education. She was a Lady-in-waiting to one of Sultan Abdülmecid I's wives, Empress Şayeste Hanım. While she was in service to Şayeste Hanım, she was noticed by Prince Şehzade Mehmed Vahideddin (future Mehmed VI). She was thin and elegant and had long chestnut colour hairs and blue eyes. She was also a good painter.

Şehzade Vahideddin asked her father, Aziz Bey, for her hand in marriage. But firstly her father and his brother, Zeki Bey refused. At last they accepted the marriage proposal and Şehzade Vahideddin married her on 8 July 1905 at Çengelköy Palace.[2][3] Inşirah was said to be a very jealous lady. One day, Vahideddin was caught with a maid in the bedroom. She immediately abandoned her husband and got divorce from him on 17 November 1909. After the divorce she was still living in Vahideddin's mansion and after her deportation she went to Cairo. They divorced before Vahideddin succeeded to the throne as Mehmed VI, so Inşirah never became Empress.

She committed suicide by tossing herself into river Nile on 10 June 1930 and was buried in Eyüp Sultan cemetery.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Günay Günaydın (2006). Haremin son gülleri. Mevsimsiz Yayınları. ISBN 978-9944-987-03-5.
  2. ↑ Bir Çerkes prensesinin harem hatıraları. L & M. 2004. ISBN 978-975-6491-31-7.
  3. ↑ "Genealogy of the Ottoman Royal Family".
  4. ↑ Christopher Buyers. "The Royal Ark – Royal and Ruling Houses of Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas". 4dw.net.
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