Emine Sultan (daughter of Abdulaziz)

Emine Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: امینه سلطان‎; 24 August 1874 – 30 January 1920) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Ottoman Sultan Abdulaziz and Nesrin Kadın.

Emine Sultan
Born	24 August 1874 Dolmabahçe Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (now Istanbul, Turkey)
Died	30 January 1920 (aged 45) Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Burial	Mahmud II Mausoleum, Divanyolu, Istanbul
Spouse	Mehmed Şerif Pasha ​ ​ (m. 1901)​
Issue	Hamide Hanımsultan
Dynasty	Ottoman
Father	Abdulaziz
Mother	Nesrin Kadın
Religion	Sunni Islam

Early life

Emine Sultan was born on 24 August 1874 in at the Dolmabahçe Palace.[1][2] Her father was Sultan Abdulaziz, and her mother was Nesrin Kadın, the daughter of Prince Ismail Zevş-Barakay.[3] She was the youngest daughter of her father and the second child of her mother. She was the younger full sister of Şehzade Mehmed Şevket.[4][2] She was the granddaughter of Mahmud II and Pertevniyal Sultan.[5]

Her father, Abdulaziz was deposed by his ministers on 30 May 1876, his nephew Murad V became the Sultan.[6] He was transferred to Feriye Palace the next day.[7] The women of Abdulaziz's entourage didn't wanted to leave the Dolmabahçe Palace. So they were grabbed by hand and were send out to the Feriye Palace. In the process, they were searched from head to toe and everything of value was taken from them.[8] On 4 June 1876,[9] Abdulaziz died under mysterious circumstances.[10]

Her mother died a few days later, on 11 June 1876,[4] when Emine Sultan was not yet two years old, her older brother the crown prince Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin raised her in his household.[11][1][2]

Marriage

Sultan Abdul Hamid II decided that his son Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkadir would marry Emine Sultan, however she abominated this decision and repudiated it as she didn't wanted to form a marriage with someone younger than her, although the Sultan considered this pertinent.[12]

In 1901, Abdul Hamid arranged her trousseaux and marriage together with two of Sultan Murad V daughters, princesses Hatice Sultan and Fehime Sultan.[13] At the age of twenty seven, she married Mehmed Şerif Pasha on 3 September 1901 in the Yıldız Palace.[2][1][5] Mehmed Şerif Pasha was a scholar was familiar with oriental history and literature, he was known for his translations.[14]

The couple were given the palace of Mehmed Sadık Pasha located in Çarşıkapı.[1] The two together had a daughter named Hamide Hanımsultan.[5]

Death

Emine Sultan died on 30 January 1920[11] at age of forty five in Istanbul, and was buried in the mausoleum of Sultan Mahmud II, Divanyolu, Istanbul.[15][16]

Honours

• Order of the House of Osman[17]
• Order of the Medjidie, Jeweled[17]
• Order of Charity, 1st Class[17]

See also

• List of Ottoman princesses

Ancestry

Ancestors of Emine Sultan (daughter of Abdulaziz)
16. Ahmed III 8. Abdul Hamid I 17. Şermi Kadın 4. Mahmud II 9. Nakşidil Sultan 2. Abdulaziz 5. Pertevniyal Sultan 1. Emine Sultan 12. Vordezokue Zevş-Barakay 6. Ismail Zevş-Barakay 3. Nesrin Kadın

References

1. Uluçay 2011, p. 236.
2. Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 644.
3. Açba, Harun (2007). Kadın efendiler: 1839-1924. Profil. p. 90. ISBN 978-9-759-96109-1.
4. Uluçay 2011, p. 233.
5. Adra, Jamil (2005). Genealogy of the Imperial Ottoman Family 2005. pp. 16.
6. Zürcher, Erik J. (October 15, 2004). Turkey: A Modern History, Revised Edition. I.B.Tauris. pp. 73. ISBN 978-1-850-43399-6.
7. Shaw, Stanford J.; Shaw, Ezel Kural (1976). History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey: Volume 2, Reform, Revolution, and Republic: The Rise of Modern Turkey 1808-1975, Volume 11. Cambridge University Press. pp. 164. ISBN 978-0-521-29166-8.
8. Brookes 2010, p. 40.
9. Davison, Roderic H. (December 8, 2015). Reform in the Ottoman Empire, 1856-1876. Princeton University Press. p. 341. ISBN 978-1-400-87876-5.
10. Brookes 2010, p. 43.
11. Brookes 2010, p. 280.
12. "Sultan Abdülhamid'in Haşari Şehzadesi Abdülkâdir Efendi". www.erkembugraekinci.com. 15 April 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
13. Brookes 2010, p. 159.
14. "Saray'a Damat Olmak..." www.erkembugraekinci.com. 1 July 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
15. Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 645.
16. Uluçay 2011, p. 236-7.
17. Yılmaz Öztuna (1978). Başlangıcından zamanımıza kadar büyük Türkiye tarihi: Türkiye'nin siyasî, medenî, kültür, teşkilât ve san'at tarihi. Ötüken Yayınevi. p. 165.

Sources

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