Dündar Aliosman

Prince Şehzade Dündar Aliosman Efendi (also named Dündar Osmanoğlu; born 30 December 1930 in Damascus, Syria) is the heir of Bayezid Osman and future 45th Head of the Imperial House of Osman, and as such future pretender to the caliphate of Sunni Islam. He is a descendant of the Sultan Abdul Hamid II.^[1]

The House of Osman ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1281 to 1922. The monarchy was abolished in 1923, with the modern Republic of Turkey replacing it.

Personal life

He is married to Yüsra Hanım Efendi (b. 1927), without issue.

References

Claimants to the Ottoman throne and Head of the House of Osman (since 1944)     1944–1954 Ahmed Nihad 1954–1973 Osman Fuad 1973–1977 Mehmed Abdulaziz 1977–1983 Ali Vâsib 1983–1994 Mehmed Orhan 1994–2009 Ertuğrul Osman 2009–present Bayezid Osman Current heir Dündar Aliosman See also Ottoman Dynasty