Serfiraz Hanımefendi

Serfiraz Hanım
Empress consort of the Ottoman Empire
Tenure 1851 - 25 June 1861
Empress dowager of the Ottoman Empire
Tenure 25 June 1861 - 9 June 1905
Born Ayşe Liah
c. 1837
Abkhazia
Died 9 June 1905
Çırağan Palace, Ortaköy, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Burial Yahya Efendi cemetery
Spouse Abdülmecid I
Issue Şehzade Osman Safiyeddin
Şehzade Suleiman Selim
Bedia Sultan
Full name
Turkish: Serfiraz Hanım
English: Sarfaraz Khanum
Ottoman Turkish: سرفراز خانم‎
Posthumous name
Merhume ve Mağfurun-leha Cennetmekan Firdevs-i aşiyan Devletlü Ismetlü Ikinci Ikbal Serfiraz Hanım Efendi Hazretleri
House House of Liah (by birth)
House of Osman (by marriage)
Father Osman Liah
Mother Zeliha Tapsın
Religion Sunni Islam

Serfiraz Hanım (Ottoman Turkish: سرفراز خانم‎; c. 1837 - 9 June 1905) was the Empress consort of Sultan Abdülmecid I of the Ottoman Empire.

Biography

Serfiraz Hanımefendi was born as Ayşe Liah to the Abkhazian prince Osman Bey Liah and his wife Zeliha Tapsın.[1] First, she was given in service to the palace along with her sisters, Hüsnümah Hanım and Agâh Hanım. However, soon the Sultan Abdülmecid I took notice of Ayşe Serfiraz and they married in 1851 in the Dolmabahçe Palace. Her sister, Hüsnümah Hanım was married to Suleiman Bey while her other sister stayed in the palace and later went for a pilgrimage.

In the year of 1885 the Sultan's sisters, daughters and wives are said to have incurred a debt of 288,000 purses, approximately 1.15 million pounds sterling, of which, Serfiraz Hanımefendi alone was responsible for 125,000 purses, approximately 500,000 pounds sterling. Serfiraz Hanımefendi died on 9 June 1905 at Çırağan Palace, Ortaköy and was buried in the mausoleum of Şehzade Kemaleddin Efendi, Yahya Efendi Cemetery.

Children

References

  1. ↑ Bir Çerkes prensesinin harem hatıraları. L & M. 2004. ISBN 978-9-756-49131-7.
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