Peyveste Hanımefendi

Peyveste Hanımefendi پیوسته خانم افندی
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İkinci Ikbal of the Ottoman Empire
Tenure	21 January 1909 – 27 April 1909
Predecessor	Sazkâr Hanımefendi
Üçüncü Ikbal of the Ottoman Empire
Tenure	17 June 1901 – 21 January 1909
Predecessor	Sazkâr Hanımefendi
Successor	Fatma Pesend Hanımefendi
Dördüncü Ikbal of the Ottoman Empire
Tenure	11 April 1895 - 17 June 1901
Predecessor	Sazkâr Hanımefendi
Successor	Fatma Pesend Hanımefendi
Baş Gözde of the Ottoman Empire
Tenure	24 January 1893 - 11 April 1895
Successor	Fatma Pesend Hanımefendi
Born	Rabia Emuhvari 10 May 1873 Pitsunda, Georgia, Russian Empire
Died	c. 1943 (aged 69–70) Paris, France
Burial	Bobigny Cemetery, Paris
Spouse	Abdul Hamid II
Issue	Şehzade Abdurrahim Hayri Efendi
House	House of Emukhvari (by birth) House of Osman (by marriage)
Father	Osman Emkhaa
Mother	Hesna Çaabalurhva
Religion	Sunni Islam

Peyveste Hanımefendi (born Rabia Emkhaa; 10 May 1873 - c. 1943; Ottoman Turkish: پیوسته خانم افندی‎) was the tenth wife of Sultan Abdul Hamid II of the Ottoman Empire.

Biography

Peyveste Hanımefendi was born on 10 May 1873 in Pitsunda, Abkhazia and was a member of the Abkhazian dynasty, Emkhaa. Born as Rabia Emukhaa, she was the youngest daughter of Prince Osman Bey Emkhaa and his wife Princess Hesna Hanım Çaabalurhva, an Abkhazian. She had an elder brother Ahmed Bey Emukhmari and three elder sisters, Eda Hanım, Nurhayat Hanım and Mahşeref Hanım [wife of Prince Mehmed Refik Bey Achba and the mother of Leyla Achba]. She had green eyes, and long brunette hair for much of her life.

In 1877, during the Russo-Turkish War (1877–78), her family emigrated from the Caucasus to Istanbul, where she was delivered at the court of the Ottoman Sultan. First, she was given to serve Nazikedâ Kadınefendi [first wife of Sultan Abdul Hamid II and mother of Ulviye Sultan] and was renamed Peyveste. She was then given the position of the Head Treasurer of Abdul Hamid's harem. However, soon the Sultan Abdul Hamid II took notice of Peyveste, and they married on 24 January 1893 in the Yıldız Palace, the Sultan's residence at the time.

One year later, upon the birth of their son, Şehzade Abdurrahim Hayri Efendi Abdul Hamid II ordered the building of a small palace for his young wife. However, Peyveste had not succeeded in binding the sultan to her, and already in 1896, Abdul Hamid II had moved to another young lady. Soon, he made his new favorite Fatma Pesend Hanım Efendi his 11th wife. Peyveste, disappointed in her husband, retreated from the court life and dedicated herself to the upbringing of her son. Among Abdul Hamid's wife she was closest to Sazkar Hanımefendi.

During the 1908 Young Turk Revolution that overthrew her husband's autocratic rule and restored constitutional monarchy, Peyveste, who already was raised to a rank of a great duchess, followed her husband in exile. One year later, she returned to Istanbul with her son and bought a mansion in Şişli and took Sazkar Hanım along. In 1924, she went into a second exile and lived with her son first in Naples and Rome, and later in Paris, where she died in 1943. The great duchess Peyveste was buried in the Muslim cemetery at Bobigny in Paris.

Issue

Together with Abdul Hamid, Peyveste had a son:

• Şehzade Abdurrahim Hayri Efendi (Constantinople, Yıldız Palace, 14 August 1894 – Paris, 1 June 1952).

Titles and styles

• 24 January 1893 - 11 April 1895:
  Peyveste Başhanımefendi Hazretleri (Her Highness The First Lady Consort Peyveste) or Baş Gözde (The First Favour)
• 11 April 1895 - 17 June 1901:
  Devletlu Dördüncü İkbal Peyveste Hanımefendi Hazretleri (Her Highness The Fourth Honoured Lady Consort Peyveste)
• 17 June 1901 - 21 January 1909:
  Devletlu Üçüncü İkbal Peyveste Hanımefendi Hazretleri (Her Highness The Third Honoured Lady Consort Peyveste)
• 21 January 1909 - 27 April 1909:
  Devletlu İkinci İkbal Peyveste Hanımefendi Hazretleri (Her Highness The Second Honoured Lady Consort Peyveste)