Shahinde Marschania of Tzebelda

Kezmiban Shahinde Marschania of Tzebelda (Turkish Prenses Kezziban şahinde Marşania-Tzebelda, 23 September 1895 in the Marschania Palace in Kadirköy, Sivas, 15 March 1924 in Istanbul) was a court lady at the court of Sultan Mehmed VI / p>

Kezziban Shahinde was the daughter of Abkhazian prince Abdulkadir Marschania of Tzebelda and Princess Mavlude Inalpa of Gulisti. At the age of five Shahinde was sent to her aunt Emine Nazikea, who was married to the Ottoman prince Mehmed Vahdettin, to get a good education in her. Since Abkhazian nobility at the Sultanshof were sought, not only because of their beauty, but also because of their ability to adapt to the harem, the parents wanted to see Shahinde married to an Ottoman prince or even to the Sultan himself.

The aunt educated the niece liberally and as a Shahinde was ready for a marriage, she beat all the applicants, even the popular Prince Burhaneddin, who already had two wives, did not want them. From then on, she withdrew into a literary world. Shahinde ordered books from France, England and Germany to memorize them all by heart. At the court they gave her the nickname "Mademoiselle l'Europe", which was a great harm to her reputation.

When Emine Nazikeda was declared Empress with her husband's accession to the throne in 1918, she soon raised her niece to the honors. From this point onwards, the entire hatred of the court was directed to the young princess, who still did not want to marry. Finally, the aunt had to send her to a remote palace in the Haremspark, where she was to keep her existence far from court life.

However, as Sultan Mehmed VI. In 1922, exiled and left his family in Istanbul, the revolutionaries locked the empress Emine Nazikeda with her court ladies, including Princess Marschania in the Feriye Palace.

Shahinde suffered greatly from the despotic guardians of the Feriye Palace, which is why she often fell ill. When the Sultan family was sent into exile in 1924, the princess was held for another five days. Finally, the Turkish parliament released it. On the day of her release, Princess Schahinde was stabbed by a fanatical revolutionary in the open road and succumbed to her severe injuries a short time later in the hospital. Edit source text

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