Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkerim

Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkerim (Ottoman Turkish: شہزادہ محمد عبدالکریم‎ 27 June 1906 – 3 August 1935) was an Ottoman prince, he was son on Şehzade Mehmed Selim and Nilüfer Hanım. He was the grandson of Abdul Hamid II and Bedrifelek Kadın.

Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkerim
Born	27 June 1906 Yıldız Palace, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Died	3 August 1935(1935-08-03) (aged 29) New York City, United States
Burial	New York City
Spouse	Nimet Hanım (m. 1930; div. 1931)
Issue	Dündar Ali Osman
House	Imperial House of Osman
Father	Şehzade Mehmed Selim
Mother	Nilüfer Hanım
Religion	Sunni Islam

In 1933, Abdul Kerim was invited to Japan by their government, presumably with an eye towards leveraging his status as the Ottoman pretender to aid the Japanese Empire in outreach to Central Asian Muslims in conflict with the Soviet Union.[1][2][3]

He was educated at the Galatasaray College, Istanbul.

Marriages and descendants

He married at Aleppo on 24 February 1930 and divorced in 1931 to Nimet Hanım (Damascus, 25 December 1911 – Damascus, 4 August 1981), and had two sons:

1. Şehzade Dündar Ali Osman Osmanoğlu (born Damascus, 30 December 1930), married to Yüsra Hanım (born 1927), without issue
2. Şehzade Harun Osmanoğlu (born Damascus, 10 February 1932), married to Farizet Darvich Hanım (born 1947), and had:
   1. Şehzade Orhan Osmanoğlu (born Damascus, 25 August 1963), married on 22 December 1985 to Nuran Yıldız Hanım (born 1967), and had one son and four daughters:
      1. Nilhan Osmanoğlu Sultan (born Istanbul, 25 April 1987), married in Istanbul on 22 September 2012 Damat Mehmet Behlül Vatansever and got issue:
         1. Hanzade Vatanserver Hanımsultan (born 2013)
         2. Sultanzade Vahdettin Vatanserver (born 2014)
      2. Şehzade Yavuz Selim Osmanoğlu (born Istanbul, 22 February 1989)
      3. Nilüfer Osmanoğlu Sultan (born Istanbul, 5 May 1995)
      4. Berna Osmanoğlu Sultan (born Istanbul, 1 October 1998)
      5. Asyahan Osmanoğlu Sultan (born Istanbul, ... ... 2004)
   2. Nurhan Osmanoğlu Sultan (born Damascus, 20 November 1973), married firstly in Istanbul on 15 April 1994 and later divorced Damat Samir Hashem Bey (born 24 January 1959), without issue, and married secondly to Damat Muhammed Ammar Sagherji Bey (born 1972), and had one son and one daughter:
      1. Sultanzade Muhammed Halil Sagherji Bey (born 2002)
      2. Sara Sagherji Hanımsultan (born 2004)
   3. Şehzade Abdulhamid Kayıhan Osmanoğlu (born 4 August 1979)
      1. Şehzade Muhammed Harun Osmanoğlu (born 2007)
      2. Şehzade Abdülaziz Osmanoğlu (2016)

Ancestry

Ancestors of Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkerim
16. Mahmud II 8. Abdulmejid I 17. Bezmiâlem Sultan 4. Abdul Hamid II 18. Bekhan Bey 9. Tirimüjgan Kadın 19. Almaş Hanım 2. Şehzade Mehmed Selim 10. Kerzedzh Mehmed Bey 5. Bedrifelek Kadın 11. İnal-lpa Faruhan 1. Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkerim 3. Nilüfer Hanım

References

1. "Cemil Aydin, "Japan's Pan-Asianism and the Legitimacy of Imperial World Order, 1931-1945", The Asia-Pacific Journal, Vol. 6, Issue 3, No. 0, March 12, 2008". Japanfocus.org. Retrieved 2016-01-03.
2. Asia.boun
3. A. Merthan Dündar (2006). Pan-İslâmizm'den Büyük Asyacılığa: Osmanlı İmparatorluğu, Japonya ve Orta Asya. Ötüken Neșriyat. ISBN 978-975-437-579-4.