Jamal Nur Kadinefendi

Jamal Nur Kadinefendi
Born c.1850
Caucasus
Died 1876 (age:26)
Cairo, Egypt
Burial Khedival Mausoleum, Al-Rifa'i Mosque, Cairo, Egypt
Spouse Isma'il Pasha
Issue Prince Ali Jamal ud-din Pasha
Full name
Jamal Nur
House House of Muhammad Ali
Religion Orthodox Christian at birth, converted to Islam after her capture

Jamal Nur Kadinefendi (Turkish: Cemalnur Kadınefendi) (Arabic: جمال نور فادين افندی) (born in 1850; died c. 1876) was a consort to Khedive Isma'il Pasha of Egypt.

Biography

Little is known about Jamal Nur's early life. She was born in Caucasus in 1850. She was a young woman when she was captured during one of the raids and sold into slavery. She entered as a concubine in the Harem of Isma'il Pasha,the Khedive of Egypt. The Khedive married her in 1869. She later converted to Islam. Jamal Nur Kadinefendi was very pretty, though her legs were short. She was very frivolous, always laughing and joking, and when she walked in the garden with everyone, she could never resist in taking off her shoes and stockings to paddle in the basins of the fountains. She even lifted up her skirts so high that one could see the frills of her pantalettes. She was the one who gave a slightest twinge to Neshedil Kadinefendi, another consort of Isma'il Pasha. She gave birth to Prince Ali Jamal ud-din Pasha in 1875. She was elevated to the rank of Kadinefendi, literally meaning consort.

Jamal Nur died in 1876, one year after giving birth to her son. Her cause of death is unknown, although most likely she suffered from birth complications, and this led to her death.[1] She died at Cairo, in 1876, and was buried there at the Khedival Mausoleum, Al-Rifa'i Mosque.[2]

Children

Together with Isma'il Jamal Nur had a son:[3]

References

  1. Reina Lewis, Nancy Micklewright, ed. (July 9, 2006). Gender, Modernity and Liberty: Middle Eastern and Western Women's Writings: A Critical Sourcebook. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-1-860-64956-1.
  2. http://www.oocities.org/hazemsakr/royal/ismail.html His Highness Hidiv Ismail Paşa Hidiv of Misir (Egypt), Sudan and Taşoz
  3. Hassan, Hassan (2000). In the House of Muhammad Ali: A Family Album, 1805–1952. American University in Cairo Press. ISBN 978-977-424-554-1. OCLC 45016821.

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