Şehzade Mehmed Selim

Şehzade Mehmed Selim
شہزادہ محمد سلیم
Captain in the Ottoman Army
Portrait of Crown Prince Mehmed Selim Efendi in ceremonial uniform
Born 11 January 1870
Dolmabahçe Palace, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Died 5 May 1937(1937-05-05) (aged 67)
Jounieh, Lebanon
Burial Selimiye Mosque, Damascus, Syria
Spouse Iryale Hanım
Eflakyar Hanım
Nilüfer Hanım
Dürrüyekta Hanım
Gülnaz Hanım
Dilistan Hanım
Issue Şehzade Mehmed
Emine Nemika Sultan
Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkerim
Full name
Turkish: Şehzade Mehmet Selim
English: Shahzada Muhammad Salim
Ottoman Turkish: شہزادہ محمد سلیم‎
Dynasty Ottoman
Father Abdul Hamid II
Mother Bedrifelek Kadın
Religion Sunni Islam

Şehzade Mehmed Selim (Ottoman Turkish: شہزادہ محمد سلیم‎; 11 January 1870 – 5 May 1937) was an Ottoman prince, the son of Sultan Abdul Hamid II and his wife Bedrifelek Kadın.

Life

Şehzade Mehmed Selim was born on 11 January 1870 in the Dolmabahçe Palace, when Abdul Hamid was still a prince. His mother was Bedrifelek Kadın. He was educated privately. He was also appointed captain of the Ottoman army. In 1909 after the overthrow of Abdul Hamid, Selim followed him to Thessaloniki, and returned to Istanbul the next year. After the empire and the caliphate dissolved in 1924, the Ottoman family went into exile. During this time he was proclaimed Sultan by Kurdish rebels. However, Mehmed Selim went into exile and settled in Jounieh, Lebanon.[1] He died on 5 May 1937, and was buried in Selimiye Mosque, Damascus.[2][3]

Family

Mehmed Selim married six times an had three children:

Title, style and honours

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

Ottoman orders and decorations:

Foreign orders and decorations:

References

  1. ↑ RAYDAN SEYYAR SATICILIĞA: ŞEHZÂDE ÂBİD EFENDİ
  2. ↑ Genealogy Of The Imperial Ottoman Family (2005)
  3. ↑ Yılmaz Öztuna (2008). II. Abdülhamîd: zamânı ve şahsiyeti. Kubbealti Publishing. pp. 230–32. ISBN 978-97564-446-27.
  4. ↑ Harun Açba (2007). Kadın Efendiler: 1839–1924. Profil. ISBN 978-9-759-96109-1.
  5. ↑ Mahinur Tuna (2007). İlk Türk kadın ressam: Mihri Rasim (Müşfik) Açba : 1886 İstanbul-1954 New-York. As Yayın. ISBN 978-9-750-17250-2.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Hamide Ayşe Sultan (2007). Babam Sultan Abdülhamid: hatıralarım. Selis Kitaplar.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 Leyla Achba (2004). Bir Çerkes prensesinin harem hatıraları. L & M. pp. 75–9. ISBN 978-9-756-49131-7.
  8. 1 2 Nemika Deryal Marşanoğlu (2011). Haremden Sürgüne Bir Osmanlı Prensesi. İNKILAP YAYINLARI. ISBN 978-9-751-03189-1.
  9. ↑ The Concubine, the Princess, and the Teacher: Voices from the Ottoman Harem. University of Texas Press. 2010. p. 151. ISBN 978-0-292-78335-5.
  10. ↑ Sultan Abdülhamid’in Sivaslı varisleri
  • "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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