Mehmed Selaheddin

Mehmed Selaheddin
Major-General H.I.H. Prince Mehmed Selaheddin
Born (1861-08-06)6 August 1861
Dolmabahçe Palace, Istanbul, the Ottoman Empire
Died 29 April 1915(1915-04-29) (aged 53)
Feneryolu Palace, Üsküdar, Istanbul
Issue Şehzade Ahmed Nihad Efendi
Şehzade Osman Faud Efendi
Behiye Sultan
Celile Sultan
Rükiye Sultan
Adile Sultan
Safiye Sultan
Emine Atiye Sultan
House Imperial House of Osman
Father Sultan Murad V
Mother Reftarıdil Kadınefendi
Religion Islam

Mehmed Selaheddin[1][2] (6 August 1861 – 29 April 1915) was the only son of Sultan Mehmed Murad V, 33rd Sovereign of the House of Osman, and his second wife Reftarıdil Kadınefendi. He educated privately and became 3rd Velihad from 13 August 1909 and Major-General of the Imperial Ottoman Army. He received the Collar of the Hanedan-ı-Ali-Osman and the Nişan-ı-Ali-Imtiyaz.

Imperial Ottoman Dynasty
Country Ottoman Empire
Founded 1299
Founder Osman I
Dissolution 1922
Prince Mehmed Selaheddin with his two sons Princes Ahmed Nihad and Osman Fuad.

Biography

Mehmed Selaheddin spent most of his life in enforced confinement in Çırağan Palace, Ortaköy in İstanbul. The Palace served as an enforced residence to his father Sultan Murad V, who had been deposed in 1876 and replaced by his brother, Sultan Abdülhamid II. The restrictions imposed on the former Sultan extended to his entire family, and were not lifted until his death in 1904. During this time Prince (Şehzade) Mehmed Selaheddin Efendi wrote a diary which give an account of the daily life of the imprisoned members of Sultan Murad V's immediate family and their retinue.

He died at the age of 53 at Feneryolu Palace, Üsküdar on 29 April 1915 and was buried in Şehzade Kemaleddin Mausoleum, Yahya Efendi.

Marriages and Issue

Mehmed Selaheddin married six times:

First marriage

He married firstly at Istanbul, Ortaköy, Çırağan Palace on 13 March 1877 to Dilaviz Hanımefendi (? - Malta Köşkü, Yıldız Palace, 19 June 1880), also known as Dilazer and Dilarû, without issue.

Second marriage and issue

He married secondly at Istanbul, Ortaköy, Çırağan Palace on 7 July 1879 to Naziknaz Hanımefendi (Kars, Caucasus 24 December 1860 - Nice, France, 17 February 1928), and had:

Third marriage and issue

He married thirdly at Istanbul, Ortaköy, Çırağan Palace on 27 February 1881 to Tevhide Zatıgül Hanımefendi (Batumi, Caucasus, 25 January 1864 - Çırağan Palace, Ortaköy, 8 March 1896), and had:

Fourth marriage and issue

He married fourthly at Istanbul, Ortaköy, Çırağan Palace 10 December 1886 to Gülter Hanımefendi (Tiflis, Georgia, 19 April 1867 - Çırağan Palace, Ortaköy, 17 February 1895, buried in Yahya Efendi), daughter of Halil Bey Tarkanişvili and had:

Fifth marriage and issue

He married fifthly at Istanbul, Ortaköy, Çırağan Palace on 15 September 1891 to Jalefer Hanımefendi (Kars, Caucasus 9 August 1872 - Ortaköy, 7 April 1937), and had:

Sixth marriage

He married sixthly at Istanbul, Ortaköy, Çırağan Palace in 1894 to Cemile Dilbestan Hanımefendi (1880 - Istanbul, 1955), without issue. She was the niece of Mehmed Selaheddin's mother, Reftarıdil Kadınefendi.

Family tree

Showing the line of descent from the founder of the Ottoman dynasty to present day through the male descendants of Sultan Murad V

References

  1. ↑ Almanach de Gotha (184th ed.). Almanach de Gotha. 2000. pp. 365, 912–915.
  2. ↑ Burke's Royal Families of the World (2 ed.). Burke's Peerage. 1980. p. 247.

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