Dürriye Sultan
Dürriye Sultan | |
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Born | Dolmabahçe Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (present day Istanbul, Turkey) | 3 August 1905
Died | 15 July 1922 Istanbul, Ottoman Empire | (aged 16)
Burial | Haydarpasha, Istanbul |
Spouse |
Sultanzade Mehmed Cahid Bey
(m. 1920; div. 1921) |
Dynasty | Ottoman |
Father | Şehzade Mehmed Ziyaeddin |
Mother | Ünsiyar Hanım |
Religion | Sunni Islam |
Dürriye Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: دريه سلطان; 3 August 1905 – 15 July 1922) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Şehzade Mehmed Ziyaeddin, son of Mehmed V.
Early life
Dürriye Sultan was born on 3 August 1905 in the Dolmabahçe Palace.[1] Her father was Şehzade Mehmed Ziyaeddin and her mother was Ünsiyar Hanım.[2] She was the second child and daughter of her father and the eldest child of her mother. She had a sister, Rukiye Sultan, one year younger then her, and a brother Şehzade Mehmed Nazım, five years younger then her. She was the granddaughter of Sultan Mehmed V and Kamures Kadın.[3]
In 1915, she began her education with her sister and brother, her teacher was Safiye Ünüvar, on 24 May 1915, she started learning the Quran with her sister Rukiye, She had to read Chapter Ya-Sin. On 19 August 1915, she and her sister completed the study of the Quran.[4] During, the recitation ceremony, she was taught a prose composition called the "The Flag". The ceremony took place in the Lesser Chancellery, and was attended by her father, uncle Şehzade Ömer Hilmi, and Rukiye Sultan and Adile Sultan, granddaughters of Murad V.[5] After reciting three chapter of the Quran, she was given the flag and she recited the compositions, after the ceremony on the request of their mother they were given holiday for four days.[6]
In 1918, after the death of her grandfather Mehmed V, she moved to her father's villa located at Haydarpasha, she occupied the first floor with her mother and sister.[7] After a while her teacher Safiye Ünüvar came to her apartment to live with her.[8]
Marriage
Dürriye Sultan married Sultanzade Mehmed Cahid Bey, the son of Naime Sultan and Mehmed Kemaleddin Pasha, she was the daughter of Abdul Hamid II. The marriage took place on 26 March 1920 at the Yıldız Palace, and was performed by Şeyhülislam Haydarîzâde İbrahim Efendi. Her dowry was 1001 purses of gold. After the marriage she moved to Naime Sultan's Palace located at the seashore.[9]
In the prenuptial agreement she was given the right to divorce her husband. The two divorced on 6 November 1921 with Şeyhülislam Nuri Efendi's assistance. After the two divorced, her husband married her maternal aunt Laverans Hanım, with whom he had one son, Bülent Osman Bey.[9]
Death
Dürriye Sultan died of tuberculosis[10] on 15 July 1922, at the age of only sixteen, three and a half months before the abolition of the empire. She was buried in Haydarpasha, Istanbul.[3][1] In the same year, the Ayrılık Fountain was repaired in her memory.[11]
Honours
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References
- ^ a b Brookes 2010, p. 280.
- ^ Brookes 2010, p. 205.
- ^ a b Adra, Jamil (2005). Genealogy of the Imperial Ottoman Family 2005. p. 32.
- ^ Brookes 2010, p. 216.
- ^ Brookes 2010, p. 217.
- ^ Brookes 2010, p. 218.
- ^ Brookes 2010, p. 264.
- ^ Brookes 2010, p. 265.
- ^ a b Bağce, Betül Kübra (2008). II. Abdulhamid kızı Naime Sultan'in Hayati. pp. 55–56.
- ^ Vâsıb, Ali; Osmanoğlu, Osman Selaheddin (2004). Bir şehzadenin hâtırâtı: vatan ve menfâda gördüklerim ve işittiklerim. YKY. p. 188. ISBN 978-9-750-80878-4.
- ^ "AYRILIK ÇEŞMESİ İstanbul Kadıköy'de eski Bağdat sefer ve kervan yolunun başlangıcı olan menzil yeri ve çeşmesi". İslam Ansiklopedisi. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
- ^ Salnâme-i Devlet-i Âliyye-i Osmanîyye, 1333-1334 Sene-i Maliye, 68. Sene. Hilal Matbaası. 1918. p. 74-75.
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.