Nazperver Kadınefendi was the fourth wife of Sultan Mehmed V, and the mother of Refia Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
Background
Nazperver Kadınefendi was born on 12 June 1870 in Beşiktaş, Istanbul, to an Abkhazian princely family. Born as Emine Çikotua, she was the daughter of Prince Ismail Çikotua, and his wife Princess Aliye Dziapş-lpa, the daughter of Prince Mahmud Dziapş-lpa, and hence the niece of Dürrünev Kadınefendi, first wife of Sultan Abdülaziz. Through her father, she was the relative of Fatma Pesend Hanımefendi, tenth wife of Sultan Abdul Hamid II, and Mihri Müşfik Hanım, a renowned Turkish female painter.
Career
She was also one of the witnesses of the murder of Sultan Abdülaziz. Nazperver died on 9 March 1929 at Vaniköy, Üsküdar, and was buried in the royal mausoleum of Yahya Efendi, Istanbul. 27 April 1909 – 17 October 1909:Devletlu İsmetlu Nazperver Dördüncü Kadınefendi Hazretleri (Her Highness The Fourth Imperial Lady Consort Nazperver) 17 October 1909 – 3 July 1918:Devletlu İsmetlu Nazperver Üçüncü Kadınefendi Hazretleri (Her Highness The Third Imperial Lady Consort Nazperver).
