Insirah Hanımefendi

Background

Inşirah Hanımefendi was born in 1887 to Aziz Bey Voçibe.

Career

She was a Lady-in-waiting to one of Sultan Abdülmecid I"s wives, Şayeste Hanımefendi. While she was in service to Şayeste Hanımefendi, she was noticed by Şehzade 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. At last they accepted the marriage proposal and Şehzade Vahideddin married her on 8 July 1905 at Çengelköy Palace.

Inşirah was said to be a very jealous lady. One day, Vahideddin was caught with a maid in the bedroom.

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

Connections

niece:

Aden Kadın Efendi