Cemile Sultan

Cemile Sultan
Born 18 August 1843
Old Beylerbeyi Palace, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
(now Istanbul, Turkey)
Died 26 February 1915(1915-02-26) (aged 71)
Erenköy Palace, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
(now Istanbul, Turkey)
Burial Mausoleum of Abdulmjid I, Yavuz Selim Mosque, Istanbul
Spouse Mahmud Celaleddin Pasha
Issue Fethiye Sultan
Sultanzade Mahmud Celaleddin Bey
Sultanzade İbrahim Sakıb Bey
Ayşe Sultan
Fatma Sultan
Dynasty Ottoman
Father Abdülmecid I
Mother Düzdidil Kadın
Religion Sunni Islam
Yağcı Hacı Şefik Bey Yalısı is a Yalı mansion on the Bosphorus shore in Istanbul, Turkey. Located at Kanlıca, the mansion was built in 1905 in Art Nouveau style for Cemile Sultan. It was restored in 1989 by Mr. Faruk Yalcin from the Turkish government.

Cemile Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: جمیلہ سلطان‎; 18 August 1843 – 26 February 1915) was an Ottoman princess, daughter of Sultan Abdülmecid I. She was the half sister of Sultans Mehmed VI, Murad V, Abdul Hamid II and Mehmed V of the Ottoman Empire.

Early life

Cemile Sultan was born on 18 August 1843 at the Old Beylerbeyi Palace.[1][2] Her mother was Düzdidil Kadın, the daughter of Şıhım Bey Dişan. Somewhat earlier, in 1845, Düzdidil Kadın, died leaving Princess Cemile motherless at the age of two. Abdülmecid took Princess Cemile to Empress Perestu Kadın, who was the adoptive daughter Abdülmecid's aunt Princess Esma Sultan, and entrusted her into the lady's care. She grew up together with her half brother Abdul Hamid II, who was also adopted by Perestu, in the same household and spend their childhoods with one another.[3]

Marriage

In 1854, at the age of eleven, Abdulmejid betrothed her to Mahmud Celaleddin Pasha, the son of the Imperial son-in-law, Damat Ahmed Fethi Pasha,[4] and his wife Ayşe Şemsinur Hanım. Fethi Pasha had himself been married to Cemile's aunt, Atiye Sultan. The wedding took place on 17 May 1858, and was consummated on 11 June 1858. The couple were given a palace at Findiklı as their residence.[5] Together with Mahmud Celadeddin Pasha they had three daughters, Princesses Fethiye Sultan, Fatma Sultan and Ayşe Sultan and two sons Sultanzade İbrahim Sakıb Bey and Sultanzade Mehmed Mahmud Celaleddin Bey. The couple supported Abdul Hamid's accession to the throne, until the new Sultan's mistrust of Mahmud Celaleddin Pasha led to the latter's exile to Arabia in 1881, where he was strangled in 1884. Princess Cemile withdrew from society for some twenty years, afterwards reconciling with her brother and paying calls again at the palace.[6] The future Empress Nazikeda Kadın, wife of Sultan Abdul Hamid II was a lady-in-waiting to her.[7]

Character

On ceremonial occasions Princess Cemile took precedence as she was the eldest, and always took her place at Abdul Hamid's right. A large armchair was reserved for her on the right-hand side, where she took a seat. In processions she walked at the side of the Empress mother, Perestu, ahead of everyone else.[4]

She always wore brown-colored dresses and on her head a hotoz of the same color, fashioned of lace or tulle. She dressed in the Turkish style, with a long train fastened to her waist. Since the sumptuous fabrics she wore were always various shades of brown, this color served as something of a hallmark for her. She wore no jewels whatsoever. Despite this simplicity, her imperial bearing amply conveyed her rank of princess. Those in a position to know said that she looked just like her father, Sultan Abdülmecid, and indeed from the photographs the eyes and the features are the same. Everyone in the palace felt great respect and fondness for Princess Cemile, holding her in affectionate system. She spoke so graciously and intelligently, not laughing when it was not called for, and exhibiting toward everyone the appropriate conduct due him or her.[4]

Death

Cemile Sultan died at Erenköy, Istanbul on 26 February 1915 and was buried in the mausoleum of her father, Sultan Abdülmecid.[8][9]

Issue

  • Fethiye Sultan (1859, Fındıklı Palace – 1887, Beşiktaş), married without issue;
  • Sultanzade Mahmud Celaleddin Bey (1864, Fındıklı Palace – 1916, Kandilli Palace), married and had issue;
  • Sultanzade İbrahim Sakıb Bey (1864, Fındıklı Sarayı - d.1897, Kanlıca Sarayı), married and had issue;
  • Ayşe Sıdıka Sultan (1875, Fındıklı Palace – 1938, Nice, France), married and had issue;
  • Fatma Sultan (1879, Fındıklı Sarayı – 1890).

References

Sources

  • Mustafa Çağatay Uluçay (2011). Padişahların kadınları ve kızları. Ankara, Ötüken.
  • The Concubine, the Princess, and the Teacher: Voices from the Ottoman Harem. University of Texas Press. 2010. ISBN 978-0-292-78335-5.
  • Sakaoğlu, Necdet (2008). Bu mülkün kadın sultanları: Vâlide sultanlar, hâtunlar, hasekiler, kadınefendiler, sultanefendiler. Oğlak Yayıncılık. ISBN 978-9-753-29623-6.
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