Manolya Onur

Manolya Onur, Princess Qhabl Begum Sahiba Manolya-i-Nur (1955 – 25 October 2017) was a Turkish pageant queen and model who became a princess of Ottoman empire and a princess of Berar by marriage. She was a former Miss Turkey.

Princess Manolya
Her Imperial Highness Princess Manolya of Ottoman Empire
Her Exalted Highness Princess Manolya of Berar
Born1955
Turkey
Died25 October 2017(2017-10-25) (aged 61–62)
SpouseMukarram Jah
(1992–1997; divorced)
IssuePrincess Niloufer
Full name
Manolya Onur

Career

She competed in the Miss Turkey pageant in 1976 and represented Turkey in the 1976 Miss Universe beauty pageant. Manolya had a career as a model from 1976 to 1978. She spent six years in France studying English, French, German as well as the History of Art at the Sorbonne University, France.

Personal life

She was a granddaughter-in-law of Sultan Abdülmecid II, the last Ottoman Caliph.[1] Manolya married with Mukarram Jah in August 1992 at Ciragan Palace, Hyderabad and became a princess styled as H.E.H. Manolya-i-Nur Begum Sahiba. She lived in India and Australia during her marriage. Their daughter Nilufer (named after Princess Niloufer) was born in 1993.[2] Nizam divorced Manolya in 1997 at Geneva, Switzerland. After her divorce, Manolya moved back to Turkey and since then she had been living in Istanbul and working for charitable institutions such as the Osteoporosis Patient Society. She died in 2017.[3][4]

References
  1. Shrivastava, Namita A (2006-03-19), "Princess diaries", Times of India
  2. "Turkish Beauty Fights for Justice", Times of India, 2006-03-21
  3. https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/150319/niloufer-elif-jah-fights-for-her-share.html
  4. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/this-princesss-family-owned-the-koh-i-noor-diamond-she-wants-a-share-of-the-fortune-fc5b6jrj8


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