Saliha Naciye Kadınefendi was born as Zeliha Ankuap, in the village of Yukarı Ihsaniye, Bartın as the daughter of Abkhazian notable, Arslan Bey Ankuap and his wife Canhız Hanım.Her father belonged to the farming community and was the grandson of Kelesh Ahmed Bey Shervashidze, who was the head of state of the Principality of Abkhazia from the 1780s to 1808.
She also had two sisters, Asiye Hanım and Pembe Hanım. At a very young age she was taken to the palace for service, by Kabasakal Mehmed Pasha, one of the compatriots of the Yıldız Palace. When she entered the palace for service, she was renamed as Saliha.
Unlike her fellow consorts Saliha Naciye succeeded in binding the sultan to her, and became one of the two most favorite wives of Abdul Hamid II (as other being Müşfikâ Kadınefendi).
She also accompanied Abdul Hamid into exile in 1909 and returned to Istanbul with him in 1912. She died on 4 December 1923 in a mansion located at Erenköy and was buried near the mausoleum of Sultan Mahmud II, located at Divan Yolu street.
Together with Abdul Hamid, Saliha Naciye had two children:
Şehzade Mehmed Abid Efendi (Constantinople, Yıldız Palace, 17 September 1905 – Beirut, 8 December 1973 and buried in Damascus);
Samiye Sultan (16 January 1908 – Constantinople, Yıldız Palace, 24 January 1909). 4 November 1904 - 21 January 1909:
Saliha Naciye İkinci Hanımefendi Hazretleri (Her Highness The Second Lady Consort Saliha Naciye) or İkinci Gözde (The Second Favour Lady)
21 January 1909 - 27 April 1909:Devletlu İsmetlu Saliha Naciye Beşinci Kadınefendi Hazretleri (Her Highness The Fifth Imperial Lady Consort Saliha Naciye).
