Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkadir

Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkadir
شہزادہ محمد عبدلقادر
Colonel in the Ottoman Army
Born 16 January 1878
Dolmabahçe Palace, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Died 16 March 1944(1944-03-16) (aged 66)
Sofia, Bulgaria
Burial Sofia, Bulgaria
Spouse Mislimelek Hanım
Sühendan Hanım
Mihriban Hanım
Meziyet Hanım
Macide Hanım
Irene Hanım
Issue Şehzade Mehmed Orhan
Şehzade Ertuğrul Necib
Şehzade Alaeddin Kadir
Bidar Sultan
Safvet Neslişah Sultan
Şehzade Osman
Full name
Turkish: Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkadir
English: Shahzada Muhammad Abdulkadir
Ottoman Turkish: شہزادہ محمد عبدلقادر‎
Dynasty Ottoman
Father Abdul Hamid II
Mother Bidar Kadın
Religion Sunni Islam

Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkadir (Ottoman Turkish: شہزادہ محمد عبدلقادر‎; 16 January 1878 – 16 March 1944) was an Ottoman prince, the son of Sultan Abdul Hamid II and his wife Bidar Kadın.

Life

Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkadir was born on 16 January 1878 in the Dolmabahçe Palace. His mother was Empress Bidar Kadın. He was educated privately. His circumcision took place in 1890. He was also appointed Colonel of Cavalry Ertuğrul Regiment of Imperial Guards, Ottoman Army. He was a pianist and violinist. In 1909 after the overthrow of Abdul Hamid in 1909, Abdülkadir followed him to Selonica, and returned to Istanbul the next year. Between 1909 and 1924 he was living in the Kızıltoprak Palace and Büyükdere waterfront Palace. After the empire and the caliphate dissolved in 1924, the Ottoman family went into exile. Mehmed Abdülkadir went first to Budapest, Hungary, and later went to Sofia, Bulgaria. He died on 16 March 1944, and was buried there.[1][2]

Family

He married six times:

  • Mislimelek Hanım, (née Pakize Marşania, Sivas, c. 1883 – Bierut, Lebanon, 1955), married Istanbul, Yıldız Palace, in 1898, niece of Nazikeda Kadın, consort of Sultan Mehmed VI and Eryale Hanım, consort of Şehzade Mehmed Selim, and daughter of Prince Abdülkadir Bey Maşan and Princess Mevlüde Hanım İnalipa, without issue.
  • Sühendan Hanım (born Tokat), married at Istanbul, Yıldız Palace, and divorced in 1906, without issue.
  • Mihriban Hanım (Istanbul, 18 May 1890 – Cairo, Egypt 1956), married at Istanbul, Yıldız Palace, on 6 June 1907 and later separated, and had:
  • Macide Hanım (née Hadice, Adapazarı, 14 September 1899 – Vienna, 10 October 1934 and buried there), at Kızıltoprak, Asia Minor, on 1 June 1913 daughter of Mustafa Şerif Bey, Colonel in the Imperial Ottoman Army, and had:
  • Meziyet Hanım (née Fatma, Crete, c. 1908 – Istanbul, 13 November 1989, buried in Karacaahmet Cemetery), married at Kızıltoprak, Asia Minor, in 1922, daughter of Mecid Bey, Colonel in the Imperial Ottoman Army, and had:
    • Bidar Sultan (Kızıltoprak, Asia Minor, 3 January 1924 – Pest, Budapest, Hungary, 8 March 1924, buried in Gül Baba Shrine)
    • Safvet Neslișah Sultan (Budapest, Hungary, 25 December 1925 – Istanbul, 30 May 2014, buried in Karacaahmet Cemetery), married firstly at Cairo, Egypt, in 1953 and divorced in 1969 to Damad Avni Bey Șirin, son of Riza Bey Șirin, married secondly in 1970 to Damad Mehmed Șefik Ziya Bey (1894–1970), and had issue.
  • Irene "Mer" Hanım, married at Budapest on 4 July 1924 (born c. 1909), and had:
    • Şehzade Osman (Budapest, Hungary, 1925 – Budapest, Hungary, 1934, buried in Gül Baba Shrine)

Title, style and honours

m Devletlü Necabetlü Şehzade-i Civanbaht Sultan Mehmed Abdülkadir Efendi Hazretleri (The Illustarious, Noble, Prosperous Prince His Imperial Highness Sultan Mehmed Abdülkadir; دولتلو نجابتلو شہزادہ جوان بخت سلطان محمد عبدلقادر افندی حضرتلری)

Ottoman orders and decorations:

Foreign orders and decorations:

References

  1. ↑ Genealogy Of The Imperial Ottoman Family (2005)
  2. ↑ Yılmaz Öztuna (2008). II. Abdülhamîd: zamânı ve şahsiyeti. Kubbealti Publishing. pp. 232–33. ISBN 978-97564-446-27.
  • "Ottoman Family". Official website of the immediate living descendants of the Ottoman Dynasty. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
  • "Genealogy of the Ottoman Family". Retrieved 19 August 2008.
  • Family Tree, descendants of Sultan Mahmud II. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
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