Şehzade Mahmud Necmeddin

Şehzade Mahmud Necmeddin (Ottoman Turkish: شہزادہ محمود نجم الدین‎; 23 June 1878 – 27 June 1913) was an Ottoman prince, second son of Sultan Mehmed V and his third consort Dürrüaden Kadın.

Şehzade Mahmud Necmeddin
Born	23 June 1878 Dolmabahçe Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (present day Istanbul, Turkey)
Died	27 June 1913 (aged 35) Kuruçeşme Palace, Kuruçeşme, Ottoman Empire (present day Istanbul, Turkey)
Burial	Mehmed V Mausoleum, Eyüp, Istanbul
Dynasty	Ottoman
Father	Mehmed V
Mother	Dürrüaden Kadın
Religion	Sunni Islam

Early life

Şehzade Mahmud Necmeddin was born on 23 June 1878[1] in the apartment of the crown prince, Dolmabahçe Palace.[2] His father was Sultan Mehmed V, and his mother was Dürrüaden Kadın,[3][4] the daughter of Mustafa Bey Voçibe.[5] He was the grandson of Sultan Abdulmejid I and Gülcemal Kadın.[2]

Public life

On 2 September 1909, Necmeddin travelled to Bursa with his father, Sultan Reşad, and brothers, Şehzade Mehmed Ziyaeddin and Şehzade Ömer Hilmi.[6] On 13 June 1910, he and his brothers received Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin at the Sirkeci railway station, when he came from a his first visit to Europe.[7] On 5 June 1911, he and other princes received Izzeddin at the station after he came back from his second visit to Europe.[8] Between 5 and 26 June 1911, Necmeddin travelled to Rulmelia with his father and brothers.[9][10]

Personal life

After his father's accession to the throne, Necmeddin was given apartments in the Dolmabahçe Palace, and Yıldız Palace.[11] in 1910, he came into possession of a villa in Kuruçeşme.[12] Here he sponsored a fountain in his mother's name after her death in 1909.[13]

Necmeddin liked music.[14] He was described a person who engaged in conversation, and whose innate intelligence one grasped immediately. He was quite appealing of face, but suffered physical hindrances. He was morbidly obese, and his is left ear lay flat against his head.[15]

Death

Sarcophagus of Şehzade Mahmud Necmeddin located inside the tomb of Sultab Mehmed V

Şehzade Mahmud Necmeddin died of diseases related to the stomach and heart[16] on 27 June 1913,[17][1] and was buried in the tomb of his father located in Eyüp.[16][18]

Honours

• Order of the House of Osman[19]
• Order of Osmanieh, 1st Class[19]
• Order of the Medjidie, Jeweled[19]
• Hicaz Demiryolu Medal in Gold[19]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Şehzade Mahmud Necmeddin
16. Abdul Hamid I 8. Mahmud II 17. Nakşidil Sultan 4. Abdulmejid I 9. Bezmiâlem Sultan 2. Mehmed V 5. Gülcemal Kadın 1. Şehzade Mahmud Necmeddin 6. Mustafa Bey Voçibe 3. Dürrüaden Kadın

References

1. Brookes 2010, p. 286.
2. Adra, Jamil (2005). Genealogy of the Imperial Ottoman Family 2005. p. 31.
3. Brookes 2010, p. 205, 280, 286.
4. Gün 2018, p. 141.
5. Açba, Harun (2007). Kadın efendiler: 1839-1924. Profil. p. 166. ISBN 978-9-759-96109-1.
6. Alp 2018, p. 125.
7. Alp 2018, p. 229.
8. Alp 2018, p. 238.
9. Gün 2018, p. 144-45.
10. Alp 2018, p. 130.
11. Brookes 2010, p. 205.
12. Ekim 2018, p. 1250.
13. Ekim 2018, p. 1265-66.
14. Brookes 2020, p. 155.
15. Brookes 2020, p. 65.
16. Mehmet Zeki Pakalın (2008). Sicill-i Osmanî zeyli: Mehmet Naci Bey-Nüzhet Sabit Bey. Türk Tarih Kurumu. p. 51. ISBN 978-975-16-2065-1.
17. Gün 2018, p. 141 n. 3.
18. "MEHMED REŞAD TÜRBESİ". TDV İslam Ansiklopedisi (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-01-21.
19. Yılmaz Öztuna (1978). Başlangıcından zamanımıza kadar büyük Türkiye tarihi: Türkiye'nin siyasî, medenî, kültür, teşkilât ve san'at tarihi. Ötüken Yayınevi. p. 164.

Sources

• Alp, Ruhat (2018). Osmanlı Devleti'nde Veliahtlık Kurumu (1908-1922).
• Brookes, Douglas Scott (January 1, 2010). The Concubine,the Princess, and the Teacher:Voices from the Ottoman Harem. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-78335-5.
• Brookes, Douglas S. (February 4, 2020). On the Sultan's Service: Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil's Memoir of the Ottoman Palace, 1909–1912. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-04553-9.
• Gün, Fahrettin (2018). Sultan V. Mehmed Reşad ve Dönemi – Cilt 3: Sultan Mehmed Reşad'ın Oğlu Şehzade Ziyaeddin Efendi (1873-1938). TBMM Milli Saraylar. ISBN 978-9-752-46418-6.
• Ekim, Zeynep Emel (2018). Sultan V. Mehmed Reşad ve Dönemi – Cilt 3: Sultan Mehmed Reşad'ın Oğlu Necmeddin Efendi'nın Kuruçeşme'deki Yalısı. TBMM Milli Saraylar. ISBN 978-9-752-46418-6.