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(Redirected from Zehra Hanzade Sultan) Ottoman princess
Hanzade Sultan
Hanzade Sultan
Born12 September 1923
Dolmabahçe Palace, Istanbul, Turkey
Died19 March 1998(1998-03-19) (aged 74)
Paris, France
BurialAşiyan Asri Cemetery, Istanbul
Spouse Prince Muhammed Ali Ibrahim Pasha ​ ​(m. 1940; died 1977)​
Issue
Names
Turkish: Zehra Hanzade Sultan
Ottoman Turkish: زهرة هان زاده سلطان
DynastyOttoman (by birth)
Alawiyya (by marriage)
FatherŞehzade Ömer Faruk
MotherSabiha Sultan
ReligionSunni Islam

Zehra Hanzade Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: زهرة هان زاده سلطان, "shining" and "descendant of the Khan", called also Hanzade Osmanoğlu; 12 September 1923 – 19 March 1998) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Şehzade Ömer Faruk, the son of the last caliph, Abdulmejid II, and Şehsuvar Hanım. Her mother was Sabiha Sultan, daughter of Sultan Mehmed VI and Nazikeda Kadın.

Early life

Zehra Hanzade Sultan was born on 12 September 1923 in the Dolmabahçe Palace, nearly a year after the abolition of the Ottoman Empire. Her father was Şehzade Ömer Faruk, and her mother was Sabiha Sultan. She had an elder sister, Neslişah Sultan, two years elder then her and a younger sister, Necla Sultan, four years younger than her. She was the paternal granddaughter of Abdulmejid II and Şehsuvar Kadın, and the maternal granddaughter of Sultan Mehmed VI and Nazikeda Kadın. She was considered the most beautiful princess in her generation.

A month after her birth, Turkey became a republic on 29 October 1923. At the exile of the imperial family in March 1924, Hanzade her mother and sister left Turkey. The three of them left the mansion in Rumelihisarı on 11 March, and took the Orient Express to join her father and grandfather in Switzerland. Later, her parents and sisters moved to Nice, France where she spent her childhood. In fall of 1938, she arrived with her sister and father in Alexandria, Egypt. Their grandfather, Abdulmejid used to take her and her sister Neslişah to seashore during special occasions.

Marriage

Hanzade Sultan (right) with her daughter, Fazile Hanımsultan

In 1940, Prince Muhammad Abdel Moneim sent a proposal to Neslişah Sultan, as he was willing to marry her. Neslişah didn't agree and relations between her and her father got cold, following which she agreed. Hanzade's family was impoverished because of the ongoing World War II, as their grandfather Abdulmejid was unable to send them money from France. And because of this she wanted to marry, and get out of the situation immediately. However, her father disagreed and initially said "The eldest marries first, then the younger ones, let Neslişah then we will be thinking about Hanzade".

However, later, Faruk changed his mind and chose Prince Muhammed Ali Ibrahim as husband for her. The wedding was situated in Cairo, and the family stayed Aziza Hanım's home at Al-Qubba. Prince Muhammed Ali rented a large house in Gezira, which also had a library with beautifully bonded books. The wedding took place on Thursday, 19 September 1940, as Thursday was considered a felicitous day for marriage in Egypt. The next week on Thursday, 26 September 1940 the wedding of Neslişah Sultan and Prince Abdel Moniem took place.

The couple's first child Sabiha Fazile Hanımsultan was born on 8 August 1941. She was followed by Sultanzade Ahmed Rifat, born on 31 August 1942. In 1958, King Faisal II of Iraq send a proposal for Fazile. The proposal was a surprise for her parents because, Fazile was only sixteen and was studying in school. However, the marriage was not held because of the king's murder in the same year in 14 July revolution. Fazile later married Hayri Ürgüplu, in Paris on 10 December 1965, the son of Suat Hayri Ürgüplü, who served as Turkey's Prime Minister for seven months. Hanzade lived in Egypt until 1952, the Egyptian revolution of 1952 took place on 23 July 1952, and Egypt was proclaimed as a republic, Hanzade and her family were exiled. At that moment they were in Paris, France, where they had lived for a few years and where they decided to stay and also hosted Hanzade's mother, Sabiha, for a few months.

Hanzade's father, Ömer Faruk developed an increased interest in his cousin Mihrişah Sultan, the daughter of crown prince Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin. It was also a public knowledge that things weren't going well between Faruk and her mother Sabiha. She and her sisters sided with their mother. Faruk accused Sabiha of turning their daughters against him. But he was already in love with Mihrişah and the issue of the council was just an excuse. In 1948, after twenty-eight years of marriage, Faruk divorced Sabiha, and married Mihrişah. Hanzade never accept her father's second wife.

Hanzade was widowed at Prince Muhammed Ali's death in 1977.

Death

Hanzade Sultan died on 19 March 1998 at the age of seventy-four in Paris, France. Her body was taken to Istanbul, and was buried on 26 March 1998 in Aşiyan Asri Cemetery.

Issue

By her marriage, Hanzade Sultan had a daughter and a son:

  • Princess Sabiha Fazile Ibrahim Hanımsultan (8 August 1941 – 27 September 2024). She was ask in marriage by Faisal II of Iraq, but he died in a rebellion two weeks before the marriage. Later, she married and had two sons.
  • Prince Sultanzade Ahmed Rifat Ibrahim Bey (31 August 1942 – 2 November 2011) Born in Cairo. On 26 June 1969 he married Emine Ushakligil.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Hanzade Sultan (daughter of Şehzade Ömer Faruk)
8. Abdulaziz
4. Abdulmejid II
9. Hayranidil Kadın
2. Şehzade Ömer Faruk
5. Şehsuvar Hanım
1. Hanzade Sultan
12. Abdulmejid I
6. Mehmed VI
13. Gülüstü Hanım
3. Sabiha Sultan
14. Hasan Marshan
7. Nazikeda Kadın
15. Fatma Horecan Aredba

References

  1. ^ Bardakçı 2017, p. xiv.
  2. ^ Adra, Jamil (2005). Genealogy of the Imperial Ottoman Family 2005. pp. 36–37.
  3. "SON MISIR MELİKESİNE VEDA". Ekrem Buğra Ekinci. 4 April 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
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  5. Bardakçı 2017, p. 124.
  6. Bardakçı 2017, p. 111.
  7. Bardakçı 2017, p. 167.
  8. Bardakçı 2017, p. 166.
  9. ^ Bardakçı 2017, p. 168.
  10. Bardakçı 2017, p. 128.
  11. "MAADI'S OTTOMANS". egy.com. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  12. Bardakçı 2017, p. 238.
  13. Bardakçı 2017, pp. 301–302.
  14. ^ "Hanedanın en güzel sultanı artık yok". Hürriyet. 22 March 1998. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  15. Bardakçı 2017, p. 205.
  16. Bardakçı 2017, p. 208.
  17. Bardakçı 2017, p. 171.
  18. Bardakçı 2017, p. 266.
  19. Bardakçı 2017, p. xii.
  20. Jamil ADRA (2005). Genealogy of the Imperial Ottoman Family 2005. p. 36.
  21. "Sultan Vahideddin'in soyundan geliyordu: Prenses Sabiha Fazile İbrahim vefat etti". Milliyet. 28 September 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  22. "Osmanlı Hanedanından Sultanzade Ahmed Rifat İbrahim Kahirede Vefat Etti". Haber3. 3 November 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2024.

Sources

  • Bardakçı, Murat (2017). Neslishah: The Last Ottoman Princess. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-9-774-16837-6.
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