Feride Hanımsultan

Feride Hanımsultan was born on 30 May 1847. Her father was Ahmed Fethi Pasha, son of Rodoslu Hafız Ahmed Agha and Saliha Hanım, and her mother was Atiye Sultan, daughter of Sultan Mahmud II and Pervizifelek Kadın. She had a full sister, Seniye Hanımsultan, three years elder than her. She also had five paternal half-siblings, brothers Mehmed Besim Bey and Damat Mahmud Celaleddin Pasha, who married Cemile Sultan, daughter of Sultan Abdulmejid I, and sisters, Ferdane Hanım, Saliha Yeğane Hanım and Emine Güzide Hanım.

After their mother's death in 1850, Feride and Seniye came into possession of their mother's palace in Emirgan, while Atiye's palace in Arnavutköy was allocated for the guests, who visited the empire. Later, their palace in Emirgan was given to the governor of Egypt, and the two sisters were allocated the villa of Rıza Pasha. Later still, the two came into possession of the palace in Arnavutköy.

In 1868, she married Mahmud Nedim Pasha. The two together had a son, Mehmed Saib Bey, born on 1861, who died on 26 November 1871. She was widowed upon his death in 1904. In 1912, the "Hilal-i Ahmer Centre for Women" was organized within the "Ottoman Hilal-i Ahmer Association", a foundation established in 1877 to provide medical care in Istanbul and surrounding communities. As a member of the foundation, Feride was obliged to give the foundation 1500 kuruş every year.

Feride died in December 1920, and was buried in Yahya Efendi Cemetery, Istanbul.