๐๐๐ก๐๐ฎ๐๐ [ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐] โ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ slave girl who won the heart of a ๐๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐๐.
She was born in 1820 in ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐, a ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ง ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ of ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐. Her parents named her โ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐โ which literally means ๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ-๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ or ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ฒ. But she later came to be known as ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฎ๐๐ which means โ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐โ in ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐.
In 1835/36, when she was 15, a civil war broke out around ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ and she ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ her ๐๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ and ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฑ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฌ. As her village was burned to the ground, invading captors grabbed her, her sister and her mother and dragged them away as slaves.
Mahbuba was first taken north to ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ซ, then soon after to ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ญ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฆ. After that, in 1837, slave traders took her to ๐๐๐ข๐ซ๐จ. There they hoped to ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ her to the ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ซ among the rich sheiks and princes that happened to be in town.
it so happened that, in 1837, ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ง ๐ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ซ-๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ค๐๐ฎ of Germany was traveling thru ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐. While in ๐๐๐ข๐ซ๐จ, he went to the slave market, a popular venue for tourists. There he saw and was instantly struck by the ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ง โ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐โ ๐ ๐ข๐ซ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐. He immediately bought her, disguised her as his ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ค๐ ๐๐จ๐ฒ, and took her with him on his travels.
The prince became completely besotted by ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฎ๐๐ as they continued their travels together through ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐, ๐๐ฒ๐ซ๐ข๐ and ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฅ. He was [๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐๐] by her ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐, and eagerness to learn Western ways. For her part, ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฎ๐๐ appeared to enjoy the ๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฒ of her new and totally un-imagined life.
When they arrived in Europe, they stayed in Budapest for a while; and there, Mahbuba received ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ. The Prince sent her for a time to the ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ข๐๐ง๐ง๐, where he asked the nuns to teach her European ways. But to their surprise, she soon delighted them all ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ and ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐๐. It was said that Mahbuba could light up any room she entered with her ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐. It also quickly became clear that she had an aptitude for languages as it took her no time at all to be ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ง๐ญ in ๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ง and ๐๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ง. She was delightful company, and ๐ฌ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ as well. High Society was enthusiastic to entertain the Prince and his โprincessโ, and to be ๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฎ๐๐โ๐ฌ ๐๐ฑ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ. She was the ๐ญ๐จ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ง๐ง๐, written about in the ๐ง๐๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ, and always the subject of enthusiastic conversation. When she was presented to the Emperor and his royal court, she was applauded. ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ.
Sadly, it was soon discovered that Mahbuba could not get ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐๐ to the ๐๐๐ฆ๐ฉ and ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐. At some point, ๐ฌ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ, and her health started to decline. As the Prince had to urgently go on a brief business mission to Berlin, he instructed their doctor to give Mahbuba the best of care.
๐๐ฐ๐จ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ the ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐๐โ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐, on ๐๐๐ญ๐จ๐๐๐ซ 27, 1840, a servant drew back the curtains in ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฎ๐๐โ๐ฌ room and found her ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐. ๐๐ก๐ ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐, a ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐.
๐๐๐ก๐๐ฎ๐๐ was buried in the ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฒ, ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ค๐๐ by a ๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐-๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ, with a single word: โ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฎ๐๐โ. The ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐-๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ is visited by ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ of ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ.
โ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐,โ the ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ง to a ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐,โ [๐๐๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ก] ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐ข๐ค๐จ๐ฉ ๐ข๐ค๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฃ