Mediha Sultan

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In this Ottoman Turkish style name, the given name is Mediha, the title is Sultan, and there is no family name.
Mediha Sultan
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Born(1856-07-30)30 July 1856
Dolmabahçe Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (now Istanbul, Turkey)
Died7 November 1928(1928-11-07) (aged 72)
Nice, France
Burial
France
Spouse
Necib Pasha
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(m. 1879; died 1885)​

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(m. 1886; died 1923)​
IssueSultanzade Sami Bey
DynastyOttoman
FatherAbdulmejid I
MotherGülüstü Hanım
ReligionSunni Islam

Mediha Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: مدیحه سطان; 30 July 1856 – 7 November 1928) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Sultan Abdulmejid I and Gülüstü Hanım. She was the full sister of Sultan Mehmed VI and the half-sister of the Sultans Murad V, Abdul Hamid II and Mehmed V.

Early life[]

Mediha Sultan was born on 30 July 1856 at the Dolmabahçe Palace. Her father was Sultan Abdulmejid I, son of Sultan Mahmud II and Bezmiâlem Sultan. Her mother was Gülüstü Hanım,[1] daughter of Prince Tahir Bey Chachba.[2] After her father's death in 1861, Mediha, her mother, and brother, moved to a waterfront palace located at Eyüp, where her mother died in 1865, in an outbreak of cholera.[3]

She was then entrusted to the care of her father's seventh wife, Verdicenan Kadın.[4][5] The relationship between the two was like mother and daughter. As Verdicenan lost her daughter Münire Sultan in 1862, she kept Mediha under close surveillance, and always helped her whenever she had problems.[6]

First marriage[]

Media fell in love with Necib Pasha, son of Sheikh Necibzade Sami Bey, whom she had happened to see.[7] Her uncle, Sultan Abdulaziz, approved of this marriage, and the preparations for the wedding preparations began during his reign.[8] Abdul Hamid who had frowned on Necib's family because they had connections with Ali Suavi, sent Necib to Paris. It was only when Verdicenan Kadın appealed to Perestu Kadın that Necib was recalled. He was made a pasha and the marriage was arranged.[9] Her dowry was prepared in 1876, along with her half-sisters Behice Sultan, Seniha Sultan and Naile Sultan.[10] The marriage contract was concluded on 22 January 1879 and the wedding took place on 8 June at the Yıldız Palace.[11] The couple was allocated Tarlabaşı Palace as their residence.[10]

The two together had a son, Sultanzade Sami Bey born on 5 April 1880,[12] who later became personal aide-de-camp to Abdul Hamid and served in the Ertuğrul Regiment. As a member of the entourage of Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkadir, he participated in ceremonial occasions and at the Royal Mosque Processions each Friday, following on horseback behind Abdul Hamid.[13] Mediha was widowed at Necib Pasha's death in April 1885.[14]

Second marriage[]

After Necib Pasha's death, Abdul Hamid betrothed her to Ferid Pasha, in 1885.[15] The marriage took place on 29 April 1886. Mediha Sultan's deputy was Hafız Behram Bey and Ferid Pasha's deputy was Gazi Osman Pasha,[16] However, no children came of this marriage.[13]

Mediha and her husband, Ferid Pasha, settle in the Baltalimanı Water Front Palace, which was left emptied after Fatma Sultan's death in 1884,[15] After which her palace in Tarlabaşı was allocated to Zekiye Sultan, daughter of Sultan Abdul Hamid, who lived here after her marriage in 1889.[17]

In October 1898,[18] she met wit the German Empress Augusta Victoria in the harem of the Yıldız Palace, when the latter visited Istanbul with her husband Emperor Wilhelm II.[19]

Mediha was widowed at Ferid Pasha's death in 1923.

Character[]

Mediha was fond of European ways. She dressed beautifully and with great dignity appearing splendidly regal in her gowns with their long trains. She was petite with white skin and gorgeous black eyes, and she resembled her father. In manner, she was gracious, attractive, and wonderfully kind. Everyone in the palace loved this princess. As did Seniha Sultan, she too spoke laughingly, with an air of good humour in her voice. When these two sisters were together chatting with their brother Sultan Abdul Hamid, they would both laugh and try to amuse him and get him to smile as though they were in competition with one another.[13]

Death[]

At the exile of the imperial family in March 1924, Mediha Sultan went to live in Nice, France, where she died on 3 December 1928, at the age of seventy-two.[20][21][22]

Honours[]

Styles of
Mediha Sultan
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Reference styleHer Imperial Highness
Spoken styleYour Imperial Highness

Issue[]

Name Birth Death Notes
By Necib Pasha (married 22 January 1879; died April 1885)
Sultanzade Abdurrahman Sami Bey 5 April 1880 15 August 1961 born in Tarlabaşı Palace; married firstly in Baltalimanı Palace on 5 May 1903 to Peyveste Devlethan Hanım (Bandırma, 4 February 1886 – 13 March 1963), a Circassian from the Ubykh tribe, married secondly to Firdevs Dilbeste Hanım (born Bandırma, 1888), sister of Peyveste Devlethan Hanım, married thirdly in November 1924 to Nafiâ Dilnigar Hanım (1900 – 22 June 1940), lady-in-waiting to Peyveste Devlethan Hanım, and had eight children, six sons and two daughters;[12][24][25][26] died in London, England

Ancestry[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Brookes 2010, p. 284.
  2. ^ Aredba, Rumeysa; Açba, Edadil (2009). Sultan Vahdeddin'in San Remo günleri. Timaş Yayınları. p. 73. ISBN 978-9-752-63955-3.
  3. ^ Bardakçı, Murat (2017). Neslishah: The Last Ottoman Princess. Oxford University Press. pp. 5, 6. ISBN 978-9-774-16837-6.
  4. ^ Uluçay 2011, p. 229.
  5. ^ Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 630.
  6. ^ Kahya 2012, p. 8.
  7. ^ Kahya 2012, p. 37.
  8. ^ Kahya 2012, p. 20.
  9. ^ Fanny Davis (1986). The Ottoman Lady: A Social History from 1718 to 1918. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-313-24811-5.
  10. ^ a b Kahya 2012, p. 53.
  11. ^ Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 631.
  12. ^ a b Adra, Jamil (2005). Genealogy of the Imperial Ottoman Family 2005. p. 9.
  13. ^ a b c Brookes 2010, p. 144.
  14. ^ Kahya 2012, p. 39.
  15. ^ a b Kahya 2012, p. 47.
  16. ^ Kahya 2012, p. 46.
  17. ^ Kahya 2012, p. 55.
  18. ^ Hidden, Alexander W. (1912). The Ottoman Dynasty: A History of the Sultans of Turkey from the Earliest Authentic Record to the Present Time, with Notes on the Manners and Customs of the People. N. W. Hidden. p. 417.
  19. ^ Brookes 2010, p. 165, n. 9.
  20. ^ Kahya 2012, p. 77.
  21. ^ Uluçay 2011, p. 231.
  22. ^ Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 632.
  23. ^ a b c d e Yılmaz Öztuna (1978). Başlangıcından zamanımıza kadar büyük Türkiye tarihi: Türkiye'nin siyasî, medenî, kültür, teşkilât ve san'at tarihi. Ötüken Yayınevi. p. 165.
  24. ^ Kahya 2012, p. 41-42.
  25. ^ Aredba, Rumeysa; Açba, Edadil (2009). Sultan Vahdeddinin San Remo Günleri. Timaş Yayınları. pp. 61, 62. ISBN 978-9-752-63955-3.
  26. ^ Açba, Leyla (2004). Bir Çerkes prensesinin harem hatıraları. L & M. pp. 98 and n. 13, 14, 15, 198. ISBN 978-9-756-49131-7.

Sources[]

  • 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.
  • Kahya, Özge (2012). Sultan Abdülmecid’in kızı Mediha Sultan’ın hayatı (1856-1928).
  • Sakaoğlu, Necdet (2008). Bu mülkün kadın sultanları: Vâlide sultanlar, hâtunlar, hasekiler, kadınefendiler, sultanefendiler. Oğlak Yayıncılık. ISBN 978-9-753-29623-6.
  • Uluçay, Mustafa Çağatay (2011). Padişahların kadınları ve kızları. Ankara: Ötüken. ISBN 978-9-754-37840-5.
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