Nemika Sultan

Nemika Sultan (Turkish: Emine Nemika Sultan; Ottoman Turkish: امینه نميكه سلطان‎; 9 March 1888 – 6 September 1969) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Şehzade Mehmed Selim, son of Sultan Abdul Hamid II.

Nemika Sultan
Born	(1888-03-09)9 March 1888 Yıldız Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (now Istanbul, Turkey)
Died	6 September 1969(1969-09-06) (aged 81) Bostancı, Istanbul, Turkey
Burial	Şehzade Ahmed Kemaleddin Mausoleum, Yahya Efendi Cemetery, Istanbul
Spouse	Ali Kenan Bey ​ ( m. 1911; died 1962)
Issue	Fatma Fethiye Hanımsultan Sultanzade Ibrahim Sultanzade Kazim Emine Satia Hanımsultan
Full name Turkish: Emine Nemika Sultan Ottoman Turkish: امینه نمیکه سلطان‎
Dynasty	Ottoman
Father	Şehzade Mehmed Selim
Mother	Iryale Hanım
Religion	Sunni Islam

Early life

Nemika Sultan was born on 9 March 1888 in the Yıldız Palace.[1] Her father was Şehzade Mehmed Selim, and her mother was Iryale Hanım, the daughter of Hassan Ali Marshan and Fatma Horecan Aredba. Her mother was the sister of Nazikeda Kadın, first wife of Sultan Mehmed VI.[2] She was the second child and only daughter of her parents. She had an elder brother Şehzade Mehmed who died young. She was the granddaughter of Sultan Abdul Hamid II and Bedrifelek Kadın.[3]

In March 1898, she attended the wedding of her aunt Naime Sultan, daughter of Abdul Hamid II and Bidar Kadın, and Mehmed Kemaleddin Pasha, son of Gazi Osman Pasha. During the ceremonial occasion, she sat with her aunts Şadiye Sultan and Ayşe Sultan.[4]

Nemika lost her mother in 1904 when she was sixteen years old.[3]

Marriage

Nemika Sultan married Ali Kenan Isin Bey on 22 June 1911 in the Yıldız Palace.[1] The couple was given Göztepe Palace as their residence. She gave birth to the couple's first child, a daughter, Fatma Fethiye Hanımsultan on 13 November 1912. On 14 September 1915, she gave birth to her second child, a son, Sultanzade Ibrahim in the Göztepe Palace. On 1 March 1920, she gave birth to her third child, a son, Sultanzade Kazim in the Göztepe Palace.[3][5]

At the exile of imperial family in March 1924, Emine Nemika and her family settled in Paris, France, where she gave birth to her fourth and last child Emine Satia Hanım on 15 January 1927.[3] In exile, one her sons worked in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Her grandson married a British origin woman in 1983, who later became a Muslim and took the name Azize.[6]

All of her children are deceased, some her grandchildren including Selma Sibai Osmanoğlu and Orhan Osmanoğlu are still alive today. One of her grandson died in 2009. [7] She was widowed by the death of her husband in 1962.[3]

Death

In 1952, with the revocation of law of princesses, she came back to Istanbul and settled in Bostancı district.[3] According to her grandson, she wanted to return to her homeland before she died.[6]

Nemika Sultan died on 6 September 1969 at the age of eighty-one and was buried in the mausoleum of Şehzade Kemaleddin, located in Yahya Efendi Cemetery, Istanbul.[1][3][5]

Issue

Nemika and Ali Kenan had four children:

• Fatma Fethiye Hanımsultan (Göztepe Palace, 13 November 1912 - Beirut, Lebanon, 20 April 1998, buried there), married with issue;
• Sultanzade Ibrahim Bey (Göztepe Palace, 14 September 1915 - Beirut, Lebanon, 21 June 1969, buried there), married with issue;
• Sultanzade Kazim Bey (Göztepe Palace, 1 March 1920 - Beirut, Lebanon, 15 May 2003, buried there), married with issue;
• Emine Satia Hanımsultan (Paris, France, 15 January 1927 - Istanbul, Turkey, 6 June 2003, buried there), married without issue;

Ancestry

Ancestors of Nemika Sultan
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. Emine Nemika Sultan 12. Ismail Marshan 6. Hassan Ali Marshan 3. Iryale Hanım 7. Fatma Horecan Aredba

References

1. Brookes 2010, p. 286.
2. Açba 2007, p. 186.
3. Adra, Jamil (2005). Genealogy of the Imperial Ottoman Family 2005. p. 24.
4. Brookes 2010, p. 160.
5. "SULTAN İKİNCİ ABDÜLHAMİD HAN'IN TORUNLARI". Ibrahimpazan.com. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
6. "İznik'te bir padişah torunu". Hürriyet. 4 June 2001. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
7. "Sultan 2. Abdülhamid'in İki Torunu Yıllar Sonra Trablus'ta Buluştu". haberler.com. 6 April 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2020.

Sources

• Açba, Harun (2007). Kadın efendiler: 1839- 1924. Profil. ISBN 978-9-759-96109-1.
• Brookes, Douglas Scott (2010). The Concubine, the Princess, and the Teacher: Voices from the Ottoman Harem. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-78335-5.