Müşfikâ Kadınefendi (Ottoman Turkish: عایشه دست زر مشفقه قادن افندی; born Ayşe Ağırba; 10 December 1867 – 16 July 1961; meaning "the compassionate one"; other names Destizer) was the eighth wife of Sultan Abdul Hamid II. She was the mother of Hamide Ayşe Sultan, who was famed for publishing her memoirs by the name of Babam Sultan Abdülhamid (Turkish for "My Father, Sultan Abdul Hamid") in 1960. In 1934 Müşfika took the surname Kayısoy pertaining to Abdul Hamid's descendance from the Kayıhan tribe.
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10 December 1867 Hopa, Caucasus
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Died |
16 July 1961 (aged 93)
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Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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