Münire Sultan

Münire Sultan
منیرہ سلطان
Born (1844-12-09)9 December 1844
Topkapı Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(now Istanbul, Turkey)
Died 29 June 1862(1862-06-29) (aged 17)
Findiklı palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(now Istanbul, Turkey)
Burial Gülüstü Hanım Mausoleum, Fatih Mosque, Istanbul
Spouse Prince Ibrahim al-Hami
Ibrahim Pasha
Issue Sultanzade Alaeddin Bey
Dynasty Ottoman
Father Abdulmejid I
Mother Verdicenan Kadın
Religion Sunni Islam

Münire Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: منیرہ سلطان‎; 9 December 1844 – 29 June 1862) was an Ottoman princess, daughter of Sultan Abdulmejid I and his wife Verdicenan Kadın.

Early life

Münire Sultan was born on 9 December 1844 at the Topkapı Palace. Her mother was Verdicenan Kadın,[1] the daughter of Kaytuk Giorgi Bey Achba and Yelizaveta Hanım. She was the ninth daughter of her father and first child of her mother. She was the full sister of Șehzade Ahmed Kemaleddin.

Marriages

Ibrahim Ilhamy

In March 1854, a messenger from Istanbul announced the betrothal of Münire Sultan to Damat Prince Ibrahim al-Hami, son of Abbas I of Egypt and his wife Mahivash Khanum. Large public celebrations were proclaimed and the viceroy was reported to be highly pleased with the news.[2][3] Ibrahim Pasha sent her a solitaire ring, solitaire earrings and a briolette as her betrothal gifts. There were also all sorts of perfumes covered with transparent lids and bowls of musk and mastic. There were crystal carafes containing syrup and porcelain vases from Saxony holding all sorts of preserves, and finally there were both eastern and western candies on plates of Chinese porcelain.[4] Her mother, Verdicenan Kadın distributed gave some of these perfumes and morsels of food to other princesses, and also distributed them equally to the people in her entourage.[5][6] The marriage took place on 10 August 1854 in at the Baltalimanı sahilhane, Istanbul.[7] The marriage was consummated on 31 July 1857.[8] The couple were given a palace located at Findiklı as their residence.[9]

Ibrahim Pasha

Prince Ibrahim al-Hamy died in 1860 when his boat capsized while crossing the Bosphorus, near Bebek Palace, and Münire became widow by his death. On 2 January 1861, she married secondly a namesake of her first husband, Damat Ibrahim Pasha,[1] son of Hasan Rıza Pasha of Chepni background. The couple had a son named Sultanzade Alaeddin Bey.

Death

Münire Sultan died at the age of seventeen at her palace located at Findiklı on 29 June 1862, and was buried in the mausoleum of Gülüstü Hanım, Fatih Mosque, Istanbul.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Uluçay 2011, p. 225.
  2. ↑ Toledano, Ehud R. (February 13, 2013). State and Society in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Egypt. Cambridge University Press. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-521-53453-6.
  3. ↑ Warner, Jayne L. (2001). Cultural Horizons: A festschrift in honor of Talat S. Halman, Volume 1. Syracuse University Press. p. 161. ISBN 978-0-815-68132-8.
  4. ↑ Isin, Mary (January 8, 2013). Sherbet and Spice: The Complete Story of Turkish Sweets and Desserts. I.B.Tauris. p. 48. ISBN 978-1-848-85898-5.
  5. ↑ Lewis, Reina; Micklewright, Nancy (July 1, 2006). Gender, Modernity and Liberty: Middle Eastern and Western Women's Writings: A Critical Sourcebook. I.B.Tauris. p. 186. ISBN 978-1-860-64956-1.
  6. ↑ McWilliams, Mark (July 1, 2012). Celebration: Proceedings of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery 2011. Oxford Symposium. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-903-01889-7.
  7. ↑ Badem, Candan (2010). “The” Ottoman Crimean War: (1853 - 1856). BRILL. pp. 320 n. 96. ISBN 978-9-004-18205-9.
  8. ↑ Sakaoğlu, Necdet (2008). Bu mülkün kadın sultanları: Vâlide sultanlar, hâtunlar, hasekiler, kadınefendiler, sultanefendiler. Oğlak Yayıncılık. p. 623. ISBN 978-9-753-29623-6.
  9. ↑ Mülayim, Selçuk; Akşit, İlhan (2005). Turkish Art and Architecture in Anatolia & Mimar Sinan. Akşit. p. 195. ISBN 978-9-757-03922-8.

Sources

  • Mustafa Çağatay Uluçay (2011). Padişahların kadınları ve kızları. Ankara, Ötüken.
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