Nevzad Hanım
Ottoman noble (1902–1992)
Nevzad Hanım (Ottoman Turkish: نمت نوزاد خانم; "young heroine"; born Nimet Bargu and previously Nevzad Kalfa, also known as Nejat after 1928 Nimet Seferoğlu; 2 March 1902 – 23 June 1992) was the fifth and last consort of Sultan Mehmed VI of the Ottoman Empire. She was the last woman to marry an Ottoman sultan.
Early life
Nevzad Hanım was born on 2 March 1902 in Istanbul and was of Albanian origin. However Nihal Atsız, in a letter he wrote to M. Çağatay Uluçay, stated that this lady was of Turkish origin and had been raised in the imperial palace. Born as Nimet Bargu, she was the daughter of Şaban Efendi, a palace gardener, and his wife Hatice Hanım. She had a sister, Nesrin Hanım, two years younger than her, and a brother, Salih Bey. Hüseyin Bey, who was the husband of her paternal aunt, presented Nimet and her sister Nesrin in the imperial harem, where according to the custom of the Ottoman court her name was changed to Nevzad. She was then sent to the harem of Şehzade Mehmed Ziyaeddin, where she served as Kalfa in the entourage of Safiye Ünüvar's student princesses and had taken the same classes and training as they. She was educated by a woman named Ceylanyar Hanım. After Mehmed Vahdeddin's accession to the throne in 1918, she became one of the kalfas and went over to his palace.
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