Verdicenan Kadın was born on 18 October 1825 in Sukhumi, Abkhazia. Born as Saliha Achba, she was a member of Abkhazian princely family, Anchabadze. Her father was Prince Kaytuk Giorgi Bey Achba, and her mother was Princess Yelizaveta Hanım. She had four elder siblings, two brothers, Prince Islam Bey and Prince Ahmet Bey, and two sisters, Princess Peremrüz Hanım and Princess Embruvaz Hanım, and a younger brother, Prince Mehmed Bey. Saliha had been brought to Istanbul as a young child, where her father entrusted her and her sisters to the care ofBezmiâlem Sultan, the mother of Sultan Abdulmejid I, and was related to them. Here her name according to the custom of the Ottoman court was changed to Verdicenan.
Marriage
Verdicenan married Abdulmejid for a political alliance, in 1844. She was given the title of "Sixth Consort". Her whole family was ennobled, father, brothers and nephews. The most notorious were her brother, Islam Bey's son Rasim Bey, who was given the position of doctor in the palace and her brother Ahmet Bey's son Osman Pasha, who was given the position of aide at Sultan Abdulaziz's palace. On 8 December 1844, she gave birth to her first child, a daughter, Münire Sultan in the Topkapı Palace. In 1845, she was elevated to "Fifth Consort". On 16 July 1848, she gave birth to Şehzade Ahmed Kemaleddin, in the Old Çırağan Palace. In 1851, she was elevated to "Fourth Consort", and in 1852, to "Third Consort".
Widowhood
After Abdulmejid's death in 1861, she moved to Feriye Palace. In 1862, a year later, her daughter Münire Sultan died at the age of seventeen. After Gülüstü Hanım's death in 1865, her daughter Mediha Sultan was entrusted in Verdicenan's care. The relationship between Mediha and Verdicenan was like mother and daughter, she kept Mediha under close surveillance, and always helped Mediha whenever she had problems. In 1879, Verdicenan played a major role in Mediha Sultan's marriage to Samipashazade Necip Bey. Mediha Sultan wrote a letter to Perestu Kadın, the adoptive mother of Abdul Hamid II, the Valide Sultan of that time. Perestu Kadın, who received the letter, could not remain unresponsive to the situation of Mediha Sultan and looked after her son Abdul Hamid II He should have read the letter. Abdul Hamid allowed the marriage preparations of Necib Bey and Mediha Sultan to start. After all these events and perpetrations, Mediha Sultan married her lover Necib Pasha on 20 January 1879. After the marriage, Verdicenan wrote a letter to Abdul Hamid II about thanking him for marrying her daughter to the person she loved.
Death
Verdicenan Kadın died on 9 December 1889 in the Feriye Palace, and was buried in the mausoleum of the imperial ladies at the Yeni Mosque, Istanbul.
Issue
Together with Abdulmejid, Verdicenan had two children:
