Sherife Zeynep Hanım

He (Allah) is the Living and the Eternal.

A Fatiha for the soul of Şerife Zeynep Hanım, the youngest daughter of Saâdetlü Hâlet Beyefendi, one of the highest-ranking civil administrators of the Island of Cyprus in the Ottoman Empire, who passed away on Tuesday,

27 Muharram 1280 / M. 14 July 1863

SHERIFE ZEYNEP HANIM

The Youngest Daughter of Halet Bey, the Mutasarrıf of Cyprus

Date of Death: 27 Muharram 1280 / 14 July 1863

Şerîfe Zeynep Hanım was the youngest daughter of Hâlet Beyefendi, the Mutasarrıf of Cyprus and one of the Ottoman Empire’s senior civil administrators on the island. Owing to his position as Mutasarrıf, her family were among the administrative elite of Cyprus at the time. Şerîfe Zeynep Hanım passed away on 27 Muharrem 1280, which corresponds to Tuesday, 14 July 1863. The fact that her grave is situated in the cemetery of the Arap Ahmet Mosque is significant in that it demonstrates that this site served not only as a burial ground for state officials but also for members of families belonging to Cyprus’s high administrative circles.