Peyveste Hanım
Consort of Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II
Peyveste Hanım (Ottoman Turkish: پیوسته خانم; "chatty"; born Princess Hatice Rabia Emuhvari; 10 May 1873 – c. 1943) was a consort of Sultan Abdul Hamid II of the Ottoman Empire.
Early life
Peyveste Hanım was born on 10 May 1873 in Pitsunda, Abkhazia. Born as princess Hatice Rabia Hanim, she was a member of Abkhazian princely family Emuhvari. Her father was Prince Osman Bey Emuhvari, and her mother was Princess Hesna Hanım Çaabalurhva, also an Abkhazian. She had four elder siblings, Prince Hasan Bey, Prince Süleyman Bey, Princess Nurhayat Hanım, and Princess Emine Mahşeref Hanım (1871 – 1920). Peyveste was tall, with green eyes and auburn hair.
In 1877, Osman Bey volunteered for service in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878). He took his wife and children to Istanbul, and entrusted them to the care of Hesna Hanım's paternal cousin, Davud Bey. He returned to Abkhazia and was killed in the war.
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