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
Died	29 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)
Issue	see below
Full name Turkish: Şehzade Mehmed Selaheddin Ottoman Turkish: شہزادہ محمد صلاح الدین‎
Dynasty	Ottoman
Father	Murad V
Mother	Reftarıdil Kadın
Religion	Sunni 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

• Collar of the Hanedan-ı-Ali-Osman
• Nishan-ı-Ali-Imtiaz

Issue

Name	Birth	Death	Burial 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

Ancestors of Şehzade Mehmed Selaheddin
16. Abdul Hamid I 8. Mahmud II 17. Nakşidil Sultan 4. Abdulmejid I 9. Bezmiâlem Sultan 2. Murad V 10. Mehmed Zauram 5. Şevkefza Kadın 11. Cemile Hanım 1. Şehzade Mehmed Selaheddin 6. Hatkoyuko Hatko 3. Reftarıdil Kadın

References

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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.

External links

• "Ottoman Family". Official website of the immediate living descendants of the Ottoman Dynasty. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
• "Genealogy of the Ottoman Family". Retrieved 19 August 2008.
• Family Tree, descendants of Sultan Mahmud II. Retrieved 2011-02-28.