Şehzade Mehmed Selaheddin

Şehzade Mehmed Selaheddin[1][2] (Ottoman Turkish: شہزادہ محمد صلاح الدین‎; 12 August 1861 – 29 April 1915) was an Ottoman prince, the only son of Sultan Murad V, and his second wife Reftarıdil Kadın.

Şehzade Mehmed Selaheddin
Born(1861-08-12)12 August 1861
Dolmabahçe Palace, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Died29 April 1915(1915-04-29) (aged 53)
Feneryolu Palace, Üsküdar, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Burial
Şehzade Ahmed Kemaleddin Mausoleum, Yahya Efendi Cemetery, Istanbul
Spouse
  • Dilaviz Hanım
    ​
    (
    m. 1877; died 1880)
  • Zatıgül Hanım
    ​
    (
    m. 1878; died 1896)
  • Vasfıcihan Hanım
    ​
    (
    m. 1879; div. 1882)
  • Naziknaz Hanım
    (
    m. 1879)
  • Gülter Hanım
    ​
    (
    m. 1886; died 1895)
  • Jalefer Hanım
    (
    m. 1891)
  • Dilberistan Hanım
    (
    m. 1895)
Issuesee below
Full name
Turkish: Şehzade Mehmed Selaheddin
Ottoman Turkish: شہزادہ محمد صلاح الدین‎
DynastyOttoman
FatherMurad V
MotherReftarıdil Kadın
ReligionSunni Islam

Early life

Şehzade Mehmed Selaheddin was born on 12 August 1861 in the Dolmabahçe Palace. His father was Sultan Murad V, and his mother was Reftarıdil Kadın,[3] the daughter of Hatkoyuko Hatko.[4] He was the eldest child, and only son of her father, and the only child of her mother. He was the grandson of Sultan Abdulmejid I and Şevkefza Kadın.[5]

Selaheddin was circumcised in 1870. Other princes who were circumcised along with him included, his uncles, Şehzade Selim Süleyman, Şehzade Mehmed Vahideddin, sons of Sultan Abdulmejid I, Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin, Şehzade Mahmud Celaleddin, sons of Sultan Abdülaziz, and Sultanzade Alaeddin Bey, son of Münire Sultan, daughter of Abdulmejid.[6]

Selaheddin's early education took place in the Prince's School, Dolmabahçe Palace, where his tutor was Süleyman Agha. After graduating from the Prince's School, he was enrolled in the Ottoman Military College,[7] and went on to become Major-General in the Imperial Ottoman Army.

After Murad's accession the throne on 30 May 1876, after the deposition of his uncle Sultan Abdülaziz,[8] his family settled in the Dolmabahçe Palace. After reigning for three months, he was deposed on 30 August 1876,[9] due to mental instability and was imprisoned in the Çırağan Palace. Selaheddin and his mother followed him into confinement.[10]

Life in confinement

At the time of her family's confinement, Selaheddin was fifteen years old.[11] His apartments were located on the ground floor of the Çırağan Palace.[12] During this time Selaheddin wrote a diary which give an account of the daily life of the imprisoned members of his father's immediate family and their retinue.

Rifat Pasha, who had been appointed to treat the people of Murad's entourage, proposed Selaheddin to teach him a bit about medicine. Selaheddin gladly accepted his proposal. The two of them decided to say that Selaheddin was suffering from some illness. Rifat Pasha then began to come to the palace frequently, first treating whoever might really be sick before shutting himself up in a room with Selaheddin and working with him. Rifat Pasha would dictate the important things to Selaheddin, who wrote them down and then sat and memorized them at night. Selaheddin's study of medicine in this way proved to be quite useful, for the day came when he even treated his father himself.[13]

After Şevkefza Kadın's death in 1889, Murad focused all his love and attention on his children. Selaheddin became his companion in grief, and the two of them passed long hours together reminiscing about bygone days as well as speculating on the future. For some time father and son took an interest in the Mesnevi, spending hours reciting verses from that work and taking great pleasure in doing so.[14]

Personal life

Selaheddin's first wife was Dilaviz Hanım.[15][16] She was born in 1862 in Batumi, Georgia. She had been presented in the imperial harem by Mahmud Celaleddin Pasha. They married on 13 March 1877. She was the mother of Ayşe Beyhan Sultan.[16] She died of tuberculosis in the Malta Köşkü, Yıldız Palace, and was buried in Yahya Efendi Cemetery.[17]

His second wife was Tevhide Zatıgül Hanım.[18] She was the daughter of Ibrahim Bey.[19] She was born on 25 January 1864 in Batumi, Georgia.[20] They married on 3 December 1878.[21] She was the mother of Celile Sultan, Rukiye Sultan, Adile Sultan, and Emine Atiye Sultan. She died on 8 April 1896, and was buried in Yahya Efendi Cemetery.[20]

His third wife was Zeliha Vasfıcihan Hanım.[22] They married in 1879. She was the mother of Şehzade Livaeddin. The two divorced in 1882.[21] His fourth wife was Naziknaz Hanım.[23][24] She was born in 1862 in Kars, Caucasus. They married on 7 July 1879. She was the mother of Behiye Sultan and Şehzade Ahmed Nihad. She died on 17 February 1928 in Nice, France.

His fifth wife was Gülter Hanım.[23] She was the daughter of Halil Bey Tarkanişvili.[25] She was born on 18 April 1867 in Tiflis, Georgia. They married on 10 December 1886. She was the mother of Safiye Sultan. She died on 17 February 1895, and was buried in Yahya Efendi Cemetery.

His sixth wife was Jalefer Hanım.[26] She was born on 19 August 1872 in Kars, Caucasus. They married on 15 April 1891. She was the mother of Şehzade Osman Fuad. She died on 7 April 1937 in Ortaköy, Istanbul.[27] His seventh wife was Cemile Dilberistan Hanım.[28][29][24] She was born in 1880. They married in 1895. She died in 1955 in Istanbul.

Death

Şehzade Mehmed Selaheddin died on 29 April 1915 in the Feneryolu Palace, Üsküdar at the age of fifty three, having outlived his father by a mere eleven years and leaving two sons and four daughters. He was buried in the mausoleum of Şehzade Ahmed Kemaleddin, Yahya Efendi Cemetery, Istanbul.[3][5]

Honours
Ottoman orders and decorations

Issue
NameBirthDeathBurial
Place		Marriage
Date | Spouse		Children
Ayşe Beyhan Sultan 18 July 1878
Çırağan Palace		 17 December 1878
Çırağan Palace		 Never married None
Şehzade Nureddin Died in infancy Never married None
Şehzade Vamık Died in infancy Never married None
Behiye Sultan 21 August 1881
Çırağan Palace		 5 March 1948
Cairo,
Egypt		 Halim Cemetery,
Cairo,
Egypt
17 February 1910
Ortaköy Palace		 Hafiz Ismail Hakkı Bey None
Celile Sultan 3 February 1882
Çırağan Palace		 24 November 1899
Çırağan Palace		 Yahya
Efendi
Cemetery		 Never married None
Şehzade Livaeddin 25 June 1880
Çırağan Palace		 30 July 1882
Çırağan Palace		 Never married None
Şehzade Ahmed Nihad 5 July 1883
Çırağan Palace		 4 June 1954
Beirut,
Lebanon		 Sultan
Selim
Mosque,
Damascus,
Syria
7 February 1902
Çırağan Palace		 Safiru Hanım Şehzade Ali Vasib
Divorced 1916 Nezife Hanım None
10 April 1915
Ortaköy Palace		 Nevrestan Hanım None
Rukiye Sultan 30 May 1885
Çırağan Palace		 16 June 1971 Zincirlikuyu Cemetery
17 February 1910
Göztepe Palace		 Mehmed Abdülmecid Haydar Bey None
Adile Sultan 7 February 1887
Çırağan Palace		 6 December 1973
Paris,
France		 Bobigny cemetery,
Paris
15 May 1910
Göztepe Palace		 Faik Bey None
3 April 1914
Göztepe Palace		 Moralizade Salaheddin Ali Bey Nilüfer Hanımsultan
Safiye Sultan 30 June 1887
Çırağan Palace		 20 February 1911
Feneryolu Palace		 Yahya
Efendi
Cemetery		 Never married None
Şehzade Mehmed 23 March 1889
Çırağan Palace		 23 March 1889
Çırağan Palace		 Yahya
Efendi
Cemetery		 Never married None
Emine Atiye Sultan 3 January 1892
Çırağan Palace		 10 October 1978
Istanbul,
Turkey		 Mahmud II
Mausoleum
21 September 1914
Erenköy Palace		 Osman Hami Bey None
Şehzade Osman Fuad 24 February 1895
Çırağan Palace		 19 May 1973
Paris,
France		 Bobigny cemetery,
Paris
20 March 1920
Feriye Palace
Divorced 1932		 Kerime Hanım None
Şehzade Mehmed 3 March 1896
Çırağan Palace		 3 March 1896
Çırağan Palace		 Yahya
Efendi
Cemetery		 Never married None

Ancestry
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References
  1. Almanach de Gotha (184th ed.). Almanach de Gotha. 2000. pp. 365, 912–915.
  2. Burke's Royal Families of the World (2 ed.). Burke's Peerage. 1980. p. 247.
  3. Brookes 2010, p. 289.
  4. Açba 2007, p. 100.
  5. Adra, Jamil (2005). Genealogy of the Imperial Ottoman Family 2005. pp. 19.
  6. Yıldırım, Tahsin (2006). Veliahd Yusuf İzzettin Efendi Öldürüldü mü? İntihar mı etti?. Çatı Yayıncılık. p. 47.
  7. Brookes 2010, p. 22.
  8. Roudometof, Victor (2001). Nationalism, Globalization, and Orthodoxy: The Social Origins of Ethnic Conflict in the Balkans. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 86–7. ISBN 978-0-313-31949-5.
  9. Williams, Augustus Warner; Gabriel, Mgrditch Simbad (1896). Bleeding Armedia: Its History and Horrors Under the Curse of Islam. Publishers union. pp. 214.
  10. Brookes 2010, p. 64.
  11. Brookes 2010, p. 99.
  12. Brookes 2010, p. 77.
  13. Brookes 2010, p. 86.
  14. Brookes 2010, p. 98-9.
  15. Brookes 2010, p. 101.
  16. Eldem 2018, p. 22.
  17. Eldem 2018, p. 36.
  18. Brookes 2010, p. 100, 291.
  19. Eldem 2018, p. 22-3.
  20. Brookes 2010, p. 291.
  21. Eldem 2018, p. 33.
  22. Eldem 2018, p. 33, 40.
  23. Brookes 2010, p. 100.
  24. Eldem 2018, p. 19-20.
  25. Açba 2007, p. 98.
  26. Brookes 2010, p. 100, 283.
  27. Brookes 2010, p. 283.
  28. Musbah Haidar (1944). Arabesque. Hutchinson. p. 63. ISBN 978-0-722-14258-5.
  29. Açba 2007, p. 101.

Bibliography
  • Açba, Harun (2007). Kadın efendiler: 1839-1924. Profil. ISBN 978-9-759-96109-1.
  • The Concubine, the Princess, and the Teacher: Voices from the Ottoman Harem. University of Texas Press. 2010. ISBN 978-0-292-78335-5.
  • Eldem, Edhem (2018). The harem seen by Prince Salahaddin Efendi (1861-1915). Searching for women in male-authored documentation.
  • Osmanoğlu, Osman Selaheddin (2003). Bir Şehzadenin Hâtırâtı. Turkey: Yapı Kredi Yayınları. ISBN 975-08-0878-9. OCLC 469568294. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
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