Mehmed Selaheddin
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Mehmed Selaheddin or Major-General H.I.H. Prince Mehmed Selaheddin Efendi b. Dolmabahçe Palace
Dolmabahçe Palace
Dolmabahçe Palace located in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul, Turkey, on the European coastline of the Bosphorus strait, served as the main administrative center of the Ottoman Empire from 1856 to 1922, apart from a 22-year interval in which Yıldız Palace was used.- History :Dolmabahçe Palace...

, İstanbul, 6th August 1861, only son of Sultan Mehmed Murad V
Murad V
Murad V was the 33rd Sultan of the Ottoman Empire who reigned from 30 May to 31 August 1876.He was born at Istanbul , Topkapı Palace. His father was Abdülmecid I...

, 33rd Sovereign of the House of Osman, by his second wife H.H. Reftarıdil Kadınefendi, educ. privately. Became 3rd Velihad from 13th August 1909. Major-General of the Imperial Ottoman Army. Rcvd: the Collar of the Hanedan-ı-Ali-Osman and the Nişan-ı-Ali-Imtiyaz.

Life

Mehmed Selaheddin spent most of his life in enforced confinement in Ciragan Palace
Çiragan Palace
Çırağan Palace , a former Ottoman palace, is now a five-star hotel of the Kempinski Hotels chain. It is located on the European shore of the Bosporus between Beşiktaş and Ortaköy in Istanbul, Turkey.- History :...

, Ortaköy in İstanbul. The Palace served as an enforced residence to his father Sultan Murad V, who had been deposed in 1876, and replaced by his brother, Sultan Abdülhamid II. The restrictions imposed on the former Sultan extended to his entire family, and were not lifted until his death in 1904. During these long years, H.I.H. Prince (Şehzade) Mehmed Selaheddin Efendi wrote a diary which give an interesting account of daily life for the imprisoned members of Sultan Murad V’s immediate family and their retinue.

He d. aged 53 at Feneryolu Palace, Üsküdar, 29th April 1915 (bur. Şehzade Kemaleddin Maus, Yahya Efendi), having had issue, six sons and seven daughters:

Marriages

m. Dilaviz Hanımefendi at Malta Köşkü, İstanbul, 7th March 1877; (d. 19th June 1880).

m. H.H. Naziknaz Başhanımefendi, Çırağan Palace, Ortaköy, 7th July 1879, (b. at Kars, Caucasus, 24th December 1860; d. at Nice, France, 17th February 1928).

m. H.H. Tevhide Zatıgül Hanımefendi Çırağan Palace, Ortaköy, 27th February 1881, (b. at Batum, Caucasus, 25th January 1864; d. Çırağan Palace, Ortaköy, 8th March 1896), styled 2nd Hanımefendi.

m. H.H. Gülter Hanımefendi, Çırağan Palace, Ortaköy, 10th December 1886,(b. at Tiflis, Georgia, 19th April 1867; d. Çırağan Palace, Ortaköy, 17th February 1895, bur. Yahya Efendi), styled 3rd Hanımefendi.

m. H.H. Jalefer Hanımefendi, Çırağan Palace, Ortaköy, 15th September 1891, (b. at Kars, Caucasus, 9th August 1872; d. at Ortaköy, 7th April 1937), styled 2nd Hanımefendi.

m. H.H. Cemile Dilbestan “Hatgil” Hanımefendi Çırağan Palace, Ortaköy, 1894,(b. 1880; d. at Istanbul, 1955).

Issue

a) H.I.H. Prince (Şehzade) Mehmed Livaeddin Efendi. b. Çırağan Palace, Ortaköy, 25th June 1880. He d. 30th July 1882.

b) H.I.H. Prince (Şehzade) Ahmed Nihad Efendi, (bin Naziknaz) 38th Head of the Imperial House of Osman

c) H.I.H. Prince (Şehzade) Mehmed Efendi. b. and d. Çırağan Palace, Ortaköy, 23rd March 1889 (bin Tevhide Zatigül) (bur.Yahya Efendi).

d) H.I.H. Prince (Şehzade) Osman Fuad
Osman Fuad
Osman Fuad , was the 39th Head of the Imperial House of Osman from 1954 to 1973.General of Ottoman Cavalry, Commander in Chief at Tripoli, Libya. Sometime Major à la suite of the Hussar Regt. Prussian Gardes du corps...

 Efendi, (bin Jalefer) 39th Head of the Imperial House of Osman

e) H.I.H. Prince (Şehzade) Mehmed Nijad Efendi. b. Çırağan Palace, Ortaköy, and d. there 3rd March 1896 (bin Dilbestan) (bur. Yahya Efendi).

f) H.I.H. Prince (Şehzade) Mehmed Namık Efendi. b. Çırağan Palace, Ortaköy, 24th June 1898. He d. 18th August 1899 (bur.Yahya Efendi).
a) H.I.H. Princess Ayşe Beyhan Sultan. b. Çırağan Palace, Ortaköy, 18th July (bint Dilaviz) and d. 17th December 1878.

b) H.I.H. Princess Behiye Sultan. b. Çırağan Palace, Ortaköy, 20th September 1881 (bint Naziknaz). Rcvd: the Collar of the Hanedan-ı-Ali-Osman, the Nişan-ı-Şefkat 1st class. m. Ortaköy Palace, 17th February 1910, Major-General H.H. Damad Hafız Ismail Hakkı Paşa (b. at Edirne, 24th April 1878; k. at Erzurum, 12th February 1915), Ottoman Army. She d.s.p. at Maadi, Cairo, 5th March 1948 (bur. Cairo).

c) H.I.H. Princess Celile Sultan. b. Çırağan Palace, Ortaköy, 3rd February 1882 (bint Tevhide Zatigül). She d. unm. Çırağan Palace, Ortaköy, 24th November 1899 (bur. Yahya Efendi).

d) H.I.H. Princess Rükiye Sultan. b. Çırağan Palace, Ortaköy, 1st June 1885 (bint Tevhide Zatigül). Rcvd: the Collar of the Hanedan-ı-Ali-Osman, the Nişan-ı-Şefkat 1st class. m. Göztepe Palace, April 1913, H.H. Sherif, Damad Mehmed Abdülmecid Haydar Beyefendi (b. at Istanbul, 1889; d.s.p. at İstanbul, 23rd November 1965), sometime Jordanian Ambassador to London and Ankara, eldest son of H.H. Emir Ali Haydar Paşa, the last Grand Sherif of Mecca, by his first wife Sabiha Hanım. She d.s.p. at İstanbul, 16th June 1971 (bur. Zincirlikuyu.)

e) H.I.H. Princess Adile Sultan. b. Çırağan Palace, Ortaköy, 7th February 1887 (bint Tevhide Zatigül). Rcvd: the Collar of the Hanedan-ı-Ali-Osman, the Nişan-ı-Şefkat 1st class. m. (first) at Göztepe Palace, 15th May 1910 (div. at Erenköy, 8th November 1913) Captain H.H. Damad Faik Beyefendi (b. 1885), Ottoman Cavalry, son of Field Marshal H.E. Arif Paşa. m. (second) at Göztepe Palace, 3rd April 1914, H.H. Damad Selaheddin Ali Beyefendi (b.1885; d. Göztepe Palace, 26th December 1918), son of Moralı Mehmed Ali Bey, by his wife, Aliye Hanım, daughter of Ahmed Celaleddin Paşa. She d. at Paris, 6th December 1973, bur. Bobigny, Paris, having had issue, by her second husband:
i) H.H. Princess Nilüfer Hanımsultan. b. Göztepe Palace, 4th January 1916, m. (first) at the Hilafet Palace, Nice, France 12th November 1931. (div. 20th October 1952), General H.H. Nawab Muazzam Jah, Şejaat Ali Han Bahadur, KCIE (b. Eden Gardens, Hyderabad, 21st December 1907), second son of General His Exalted Highness, Asaf Jah, Nizam ul-Mulk, Nizam ud-Dawla, Nawab Mir Osman Ali Han Bahadur, Nizam of Hyderabad and Berar, GCSI, GBE, Royal Victorian Chain, by his chief wife, H.H. Dulhan Begum Sahiba, daughter of Nawab Jahangir Jung Bahadur. m. (second) at Paris, 21st February 1963, Edward Julius Pope (d. 1997). She d.s.p. at Paris, 12th June 1989, bur. Bobigny, Paris.

f) H.I.H. Princess Safiye Sultan. b. Çırağan Palace, Ortaköy, 20th May 1887 (bint Gülter). Rcvd: the Collar of the Hanedan-ı-Ali-Osman, She d. unm. Feneryolu Palace, Üsküdar, 20th February 1911 (bur. Yahya Efendi).

g) H.I.H. Princess Emine Atiye Sultan. b. Çırağan Palace, Ortaköy, 4th December 1891 (bint Tevhide Zatigül). Rcvd: the Collar of the Hanedan-ı-Ali-Osman, the Nişan-ı-Şefkat 1st class. m. Erenköy Palace, 21st September 1914), H.H. Damad Osman Hami Beyefendi b. at Bebek, Istanbul, 29th May 1890; d. there, 2nd December 1982, bur. Sultan Mahmud II Maus), diplomat, son of H.E. Osman Ferid Paşa, sometime Private Sec. and Vizier, by his wife, Fahire Hanım. She d.s.p. at İstanbul , 10th October 1978 (bur. Sultan Mahmud II Maus.)

Family Tree

Showing the line of descent from the founder of the Ottoman dynasty to present day through the male descendants of Sultan Murad V
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Murad V was the 33rd Sultan of the Ottoman Empire who reigned from 30 May to 31 August 1876.He was born at Istanbul , Topkapı Palace. His father was Abdülmecid I...



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