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Cevherriz Hanımefendi

Gevherriz Kalfa
Born c. 1862
Caucasus
Died c. 1940 (aged 78-79)
Istanbul, Turkey
Spouse Hüsnü Bey
Full name
Turkish: Gevherriz Kalfa
English: Gauharriz Qalfa
Ottoman Turkish: کوھریز قالفه
Father Halil Bey
Full name
Turkish: Gevherriz Kalfa
English: Gauharriz Qalfa
Ottoman Turkish: کوھریز قالفه

Gevherriz Kalfa (Ottoman Turkish: کوھریز قالفه‎; c. 1863 - c. 1940) was an apprentice in the harem of Sultan Murad V of the Ottoman Empire.

Gevherriz held the title of gözde ("Chosen one", the lowest rank for a concubine) to Murad starting before Murad became sultan, and was his sixth wife. She was a resident of Çırağan Palace and spoke excellent French. She also taught French to young şehzades and sultans (Ottoman imperial princes and princesses) and held the title of Kalfa (treasurer).

In her memoir, fellow member of the royal household, Filizten Kalfa, reports that Gevherriz worked with Nakşifend Kalfa, the hazinedar Dilberengiz, the eunuch Hüseyin Ağa, and Hüsnü Bey (who had been Second Secretary of Murad) to allow for a British doctor to meet with Murad to ascertain Murad's mental fitness. When the doctor arrived, Gevherriz served as translator. It is not clear how true this story is, and it is possible the doctor was sent by freemasons rather than by the British.

Gevherriz was born in about 1862 and died in about 1940 and had no children. After the death of Murad V, she married for a second time to Hüsnü Bey, Berberbaşı to the former Sultan Abdul Hamid II. She died in Istanbul.


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