Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkadir

Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkadir (Ottoman Turkish: شہزادہ محمد عبدالقادر‎; 16 January 1878 – 16 March 1944) was an Ottoman prince, the son of Sultan Abdul Hamid II and his wife Bidar Kadın.

Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkadir
Colonel in the Ottoman Army
Born16 January 1878
Dolmabahçe Palace, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Died16 March 1944(1944-03-16) (aged 66)
Sofia, Bulgaria
Burial
Sofia, Bulgaria
SpouseMislimelek Hanım
Sühendan Hanım
Mihriban Hanım
Meziyet Hanım
Macide Hanım
IssueŞehzade Mehmed Orhan
Şehzade Ertuğrul Necib
Şehzade Alaeddin Kadir
Bidar Sultan
Neslişah Sultan
DynastyOttoman
FatherAbdul Hamid II
MotherBidar Kadın
ReligionSunni Islam

Life

Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkadir was born on 16 January 1878 in the Dolmabahçe Palace. His mother was Bidar Kadın. He was educated privately. He had a sister Naime Sultan two years elder then him. His circumcision took place in 1890. He was also appointed Colonel of Cavalry Ertuğrul Regiment of Imperial Guards, Ottoman Army. He was a pianist and violinist.

In 1909 after the overthrow of Abdul Hamid in 1909, Abdülkadir followed him to Selonica, and returned to Istanbul the next year. Between 1909 and 1924 he was living in the Kızıltoprak Palace and Büyükdere waterfront Palace. After the empire and the caliphate dissolved in 1924, the Ottoman family went into exile.

Personal life

Abdülkadir wanted to marry Macide Hanım, the youngest daughter of the late Şerif Bey, a retired military officer. Şehzade applied to the sultan for this purpose and the issue was handled in the Duty of the Dynasty of Dynasty Umur. The Assembly did not find it suitable for Prince to marry Macide. This rationale was conveyed to the prince in writing, and it was explained in clear language that it would not be appropriate to marry. [1] Şehzade Abdülkadir Efendi had another marriage without permission that the palace started a series of investigations after being aware of the marriage; penalties were imposed. Prince was married to Meziyet Hanım, who is an ethnic Greek , whose original name was Fatma , was probably the daughter of a retired lieutenant without permission from the sultan. [1]

Death

Mehmed Abdülkadir went first to Budapest, Hungary, and later went to Sofia, Bulgaria. He died on 16 March 1944, and was buried there.[2][3]

Family

He married five times:

  • Abkhazian Mislimelek Hanım, (née Pakize Marşania, Sivas, c. 1883 – Bierut, Lebanon, 1955), married Istanbul, Yıldız Palace, in 1898, niece of Nazikeda Kadın, consort of Sultan Mehmed VI and Eryale Hanım, consort of Şehzade Mehmed Selim, and daughter of Prince Abdülkadir Bey Maşan and Princess Mevlüde Hanım İnalipa, without issue.
  • Abkhazian Sühendan Hanım (born Tokat), married at Istanbul, Yıldız Palace, and divorced in 1906, without issue.
  • Abkhazian Mihriban Hanım (Istanbul, 18 May 1890 – Cairo, Egypt 1956), married at Istanbul, Yıldız Palace, on 6 June 1907 and later separated, and had:
  • Abkhazian Macide Hanım (née Hadice, Adapazarı, 14 September 1899 – Vienna, 10 October 1934 and buried there), at Kızıltoprak, Asia Minor, on 1 June 1913 daughter of Mustafa Şerif Bey, Colonel in the Imperial Ottoman Army, and had:
    • Şehzade Ertuğrul Necib (Kızıltoprak, Asia Minor, 15 March 1915 – Vienna, 7 February 1994), married in Vienna on 14 August 1946 to Austrian Gertrude Emilia "Tengler" Hanım (Vienna, born 25 May 1926), and had issue.
    • Şehzade Alaeddin Kadir (Kızıltoprak, Asia Minor, 2 January 1917 – Sofia, 26 November 1999), Titular Crown Prince of Turkey from 1994 to 1999, married to Lydia "Dimitrova" Hanım, and had issue.
  • Greek Meziyet Hanım (née Fatma, Crete, c. 1908 – Istanbul, 13 November 1989, buried in Karacaahmet Cemetery), married at Kızıltoprak, Asia Minor, in 1922, daughter of Mecid Bey, Colonel in the Imperial Ottoman Army, and had:
    • Bidar Sultan (Kızıltoprak, Asia Minor, 3 January 1924 – Pest, Budapest, Hungary, 8 March 1924, buried in Gül Baba Shrine)
    • Safvet Neslișah Sultan (Budapest, Hungary, 25 December 1925 – Istanbul, 30 May 2014, buried in Karacaahmet Cemetery), married firstly at Cairo, Egypt, in 1953 and divorced in 1969 to Damad Avni Bey Șirin, son of Riza Bey Șirin, married secondly in 1970 to Damad Mehmed Șefik Ziya Bey (1894–1970), and had issue.

Honours
Ottoman orders and decorations
Foreign orders and decorations
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References
  1. Kırpık 2009, p. 178.
  2. Genealogy Of The Imperial Ottoman Family (2005)
  3. Yılmaz Öztuna (2008). II. Abdülhamîd: zamânı ve şahsiyeti. Kubbealti Publishing. pp. 232–33. ISBN 978-97564-446-27.

Sources
  • Kırpık, Cevdet (2009). Şehzade Evliliklerinde Değişim Changes in the Marriage of Ottoman Princes.
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