Neşerek Kadınefendi was the fifth wife of the Sultan Abdülaziz and Kadınefendi of the Ottoman Empire.
Background
Neşerek Kadınefendi was born in 1848 in the North Caucasus on the coast of Black Sea situated in Sochi, in an Ubykh princely family. Born as Nesrin Zevş-Barakay, she was the daughter of Prince Ismail Bey Zevş-Barakay (1812 - 1876) son of Prince Vordezokue Bey Zevş-Barakay.
Career
Nesrin had two brothers, Prince Hasan Bey Zevş-Barakay and Prince Osman Pasha Zevş-Barakay aide to Sultan Abdul Hamid World War II In 1859 a Circassian community gather and a delegation was sent to Istanbul. The representatives in the delegation were: Huşt Hasan Bey from the Shapsugs, Güstanokue İsmail Bey from the Natukhai, Barasbi Hacı Hajbek Bey from the Abzakh and Nesrin"s father. The purpose of the delegation was to supply Russian crimes in the Caucasus to the sultan.
By the end of this, the four Circassian Beys were gifted large lands in the Ottoman Empire and were requested to stay.
Nesrin"s father was given a land in Silivri. His family emigrated from the Caucasus to Istanbul.
She is buried in the Mausoleum of the imperial ladies at the Yeni Mosque Istanbul. The Minister of War Huseyin Avni Pasha was shot, and the Foreign Minister Rashid Pasha was killed, as was one of Midhat"s servants, named Ahmed Aga.
In total, 5 were killed and 10 were wounded, and Hasan was sentenced to death for the crime, in an incident known as the Çerkes Hasan incident.
1868 - 1875: Devletlu İsmetlu Neşerek Dördüncü Kadınefendi Hazretleri (Her Highness The Third Imperial Lady Consort Neşerek) 1875 - 30 May 1876: Devletlu İsmetlu Neşerek Üçüncü Kadınefendi Hazretleri (Her Highness The Third Imperial Lady Consort Neşerek).