Background
Born as Nimet Bargu, she was the eldest daughter of Bargu Şaban Efendi, a palace gardener, and his wife Hatice Hanım.
Born as Nimet Bargu, she was the eldest daughter of Bargu Şaban Efendi, a palace gardener, and his wife Hatice Hanım.
Nevzad Hanımefendi was in the mansion of Hüseyin Bey, Vişnezade district of Beşiktaş, Istanbul on 2 March 1902. She had two sisters, Emine Hayriye Nesrin Hanım and Fatma Tüzehra Nevzer Hanım, as well as a brother, Salih Bey Bargu. Hüseyin Bey"s wife Eda Hanım was the aunt of her father.
She served in the entourage of Safiye Ünüvar"s student princesses and had taken the same classes and training as they.
Later she became on of the kalfas and went over to Sultan Vahideddin"s palace. Number children came of this marriage.
When the Sultan Mehmed VI was deposed, she joined the deposed Sultan in exile in San Remo, Italy. The same year she gave birth to a girl Sıdıka Selçuk, followed by a son Şaban Mustafa in 1931.
Nevzad Hanımefendi died in her husband"s mansion, near Göksu, Istanbul on 23 June 1992, and was buried in Karacaahmet Cemetery.
1 September 1921 - 1 November 1922: Her Highness İkinci Ikbal Hanımefendi.
