Neslişah Sultan (daughter of Şehzade Abdülkadir)

Neslişah Sultan (Turkish: Safvet Neslişah Sultan; 25 December 1925 - 30 May 2014) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkadir, son of Sultan Abdul Hamid II. She was also called Küçük Neslişah Sultan.[1]

Neslişah Sultan
Born(1925-12-25)25 December 1925
Budapest, Hungary
Died30 May 2014(2014-05-30) (aged 88)
Marmara Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Burial
Karacaahmet Cemetery, Istanbul
Spouse
  • Avni Reda Bey
    ​
    (
    m. 1953; div. 1969)
  • Mehmed Şefik Ziya
    ​
    (
    m. 1970; died 1970)
IssueSalih Reda Bey
Amr Reda Bey
Full name
Safvet Neslişah Sultan
DynastyOttoman
FatherŞehzade Mehmed Abdülkadir
MotherMeziyet Hanım
ReligionSunni Islam

Early life

Neslişah Sultan was born on 25 December 1925 in Budapest, Hungary, three years after the dissolution of Ottoman Empire. Her father was Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkadir and her mother was Meziyet Hanım, the daughter of Mecid Bey, colonel of Ottoman Empire, originally named Fatma.[2] She was the fifth child and second daughter of her father, and the second child of her mother, she had a sister Bidar Sultan, one year elder than her. She was the granddaughter of Abdul Hamid II and Bidar Kadın.[3]

In 1940, her family moved to Sofia, Bulgaria due to ongoing World War II, Neslişah lived in Nice and in Paris next her aunt Ayşe Sultan.[1]

Marriages

Neslişah Sultan moved to Cairo, where she married Avni Reda Bey in 1953, the couple's first child Salih Reda Bey was born in 1954, followed by Amr Reda Bey born in 1957. [1][3] The couple later moved to Istanbul. The marriage was annulled in 1969. In 1970, Safvet married Mehmed Şefik Ziya, an American citizen of Turkish Cypriot ethnicity.[4][5] Who himself was married to Şükriye Sultan, daughter of crown prince Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin, she was widowed by his death in the same year.[3]

She has two granddaughters Meziyet Dilara and Neslişah, through her son Amr Ömer Reda. [1]

On 2 April 2000, she attended the funeral of Mihrimah Sultan, daughter of Şehzade Mehmed Ziyaeddin.[6] On 2 April 2012, she and her sons attended the funeral of Neslişah Sultan, daughter of Şehzade Ömer Faruk and Sabiha Sultan.[7]

Death

Neslişah Sultan died on 30 May 2014, at the age of eighty-eight at Marmara Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul. She was the last surviving child of Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkadir, and the last surviving grandchild of Abdul Hamid. Her funeral was attended by her relatives and members of Ottoman dynasty. She was buried in Karacaahmet Cemetery, alongside her mother Fatma Meziyet Hanım.[1][8]

Ancestry

References
  1. "OSMANLI HANEDANI, NESLİŞAH SULTAN'IN CENAZESİNDE BULUŞTU". Milliyet. 1 June 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  2. Kırpık, Cevdet (2009). Şehzade Evliliklerinde Değişim Changes in the Marriage of Ottoman Princes. p. 178.
  3. Adra, Jamil (2005). Genealogy of the Imperial Ottoman Family 2005. p. 27.
  4. Talu, Ercüment Ekrem; Şakir, Ziya (2005). Şehzade Yusuf İzzedin öldürüldü mü, intihar mı etti?. Selis. p. 16. ISBN 978-9-758-72447-5.
  5. Yıldırım, Tahsin (2006). Veliahd Yusuf İzzettin Efendi Öldürüldü mü? İntihar mı etti?. Çatı Yayıncılık. p. 64.
  6. "Prenses Mihrimah'ın son yolculuğu". Hürriyet. 2 April 2000. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  7. "Neslişah Sultan Kâbe örtüsüyle uğurlandı". Milliyet. 4 April 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  8. "Osmanlı hanedanı, Neslişah Sultan'ın cenazesinde buluştu". Iha. 1 June 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
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