Hoshiyar Qadin was a consort to Ibrahim Pasha and was Walida Pasha to their son Isma'il Pasha.
13 Facts About Hoshiyar Qadin
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Hoshiyar Qadin was brought to the harem of the Muhammad Ali dynasty and married Ibrahim Pasha, and gave birth to Isma'il Pasha on 31 December 1830.
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Hoshiyar Qadin was a public figure whose doings were continually reported by the press, which referred to her simply as Queen Mother.
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Hoshiyar Qadin was a formidable person of great intelligence and character who wielded considerable influence over her son.
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Hoshiyar Qadin lived in her palace of Qasar al-Ali, now part of the residential district of Garden City.
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Hoshiyar Qadin was a pivotal political figure, and one of the few people whom Isma'il trusted.
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In summer of 1864, Hoshiyar Qadin traveled to Istanbul, to help her son.
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Hoshiyar Qadin arrived with proposed new heir in question, her grandson Tewfik Pasha, lots of money, and female diplomacy.
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In September 1867, Hoshiyar Qadin threw a dinner at her own palace in the shores of the Bosphorus in honour of Pertevniyal.
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Hoshiyar Qadin had an Ottoman culture in her palace, where thousand of slave girls served in her residence in Istanbul.
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Hoshiyar Qadin possessed a musical troop of slave girls, who performed Ottoman music.
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The princess had visited Hoshiyar Qadin, and dined with Isma'il's wives in the harem.
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Hoshiyar Qadin died at the Greater Qasar al-Ali Palace, Cairo, on 21 June 1886, and was buried there at the Khedival Mausoleum, Al-Rifa'i Mosque, which was built on her orders.