Behice Hanımefendi (Ottoman Turkish: بھیجه خانم افندی; born Behiye Maan; 10 October 1882 - 22 October 1969) was the Gözde and later İkbâl of the Ottoman Empire as the twelfth wife of Sultan Abdul Hamid II. Behice Hanımefendi was the most extravagant and wasteful wife of Sultan Abdul Hamid II. Her spending and debt contributed to the overthrow of the Sultan. Behice Hanımefendi tripled the spending of the court within five years and thus became a symbol of wealth and extravagance.
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10 October 1882 Batumi, Georgia
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Died |
22 October 1969 (aged 87)
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Zodiac | Libra |
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