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Sadije (also write Sadijé, Sadiya or Khadija) was a member of the [[Toptani family]], Sadije was the daughter of [[Salah Bey Toptani]] (1843−1910) and his wife, Annije Toptani (1855−1899), both members by birth of the Toptani family. She was also a cousin [[Essad Pasha Toptani]]. She was the second wife of [[Xhemal Pasha Zogu]] after the death of his first wife, Zenja Melika Hanem.

After her son became king in 1928, she was raised to the title ''Nëna Mbretëreshë e Shqiptarëve'', or Queen Mother of the Albanians, with the style of Her Majesty on September 1, 1928, a position she held until her death. She supervised the Royal Kitchen to ensure that her son could not be poisoned. She was the official protector of the ''[[Gruaja Shqiptare]]''.

Sadije Toptani was a [[Bektashi Order|Bektashi Muslim]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://albanianroyalcourt.al/royal-house/ |title=Albanian Royal Family - King Zog & Queen Geraldine |website=Albanianroyalcourt.al |accessdate=2021-06-05}}</ref>

Sadije died in the Royal Compound in Durrës<ref>{{citation|language=sq|year=1937|publisher=Komisioni i Kremtimeve te 25-vjetorit te Vete-qeverrimit|title=Shqipenia me 1937|volume=I|page=16|url=http://omnilib.com/Topics/Collections/Albania/Books/Shqipenia-me-1937-Vellimi-I.pdf|quote=...e cila nderroi jete ne Banjat e Durresit...''translated''... who passed away in Durazzo thermal baths...|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925091710/http://omnilib.com/Topics/Collections/Albania/Books/Shqipenia-me-1937-Vellimi-I.pdf|archive-date=2015-09-25}}</ref> and was buried in Tirana the next day.{{cn|date=June 2020}} A [[Mausoleum of the Albanian Royal Family|royal mausoleum]] was constructed to house her remains. The building was destroyed by Albanian communist forces on 17 November 1944.