Nazikeda Kadın (consort of Abdul Hamid II)

Nazikeda Kadın
Baş Kadın of the Ottoman Empire
(Chief Consort)
Tenure31 August 1876 - 11 April 1895
PredecessorMevhibe Kadın
SuccessorBedrifelek Kadın
BornMediha Tsanba
c. 1848
Abkhazia, Georgia, Caucasus Viceroyalty, Russian Empire
Died11 April 1895(1895-04-11) (aged 46–47)
Yıldız Palace, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
(present day Istanbul, Turkey)
Burial
Imperial ladies mausoleum, New Mosque, Istanbul
Spouse
(m. 1863)
IssueUlviye Sultan
Names
Turkish: Mediha Nazikeda Kadın
Ottoman Turkish: نازک ادا قادین
HouseTsanba (by birth)
Ottoman (by marriage)
FatherArzakan Bey Tsanba
MotherEsma Hanim Klıç
ReligionSunni Islam

Nazikeda Kadın (Turkish pronunciation: [nazik̟ʰeda kʰadɯn]; Ottoman Turkish: نازك ادا قادین; born Mediha Tsanba; c. 1848 11 April 1895; meaning 'One of delicate manners') was the first consort and chief consort (BaşKadin) of Sultan Abdul Hamid II of the Ottoman Empire.