Esma Sultan (daughter of Abdulaziz)

Esma Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: اسما سلطان‎; 21 March 1873 – 7 May 1899) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Sultan Abdulaziz and Gevheri Kadın.

This article is about the daughter of Sultan Abdulaziz. For other uses, see Esma Sultan.
Esma Sultan
Born(1873-03-21)21 March 1873
Dolmabahçe Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(now Istanbul, Turkey)
Died7 May 1899(1899-05-07) (aged 26)
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Burial
New Mosque, Istanbul
Spouse
Kabasakal Çerkes Mehmed Pasha
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(m. 1889)​
Issue
  • Sultanzade Hasan Bedreddin Bey
  • Sultanzade Hüseyin Hayreddin Bey
  • Mihriban Hanımsultan
  • Sultanzade Saadeddin Mehmed Bey
DynastyOttoman
FatherAbdulaziz
MotherGevheri Kadın
ReligionSunni Islam

Early life

Esma Sultan was born on 21 March 1873 in the Dolmabahçe Palace.[1][2] Her father was Sultan Abdulaziz, and her mother was Gevheri Kadın,[3] the daughter of Salih Svanba and Şaziye Tsamba.[4] She was the youngest daughter of her father and the eldest child of her mother. She was the elder full sister of Şehzade Mehmed Seyfeddin.[5][6] She was the granddaughter of Mahmud II and Pertevniyal Sultan.

Her father, Abdulaziz was deposed by his ministers on 30 May 1876, his nephew Murad V became the Sultan.[7] He was transferred to Feriye Palace the next day.[8] Abdulaziz's entourage didn't wanted to leave the Dolmabahçe Palace, so they were grabbed by the hand and were sent out to the Feriye Palace. In the process, they were searched from head to toe and everything of value was taken from them.[9] On 4 June 1876,[10] Abdulaziz died under mysterious circumstances.[11]

Esma, who was three years old at that time, grew up under the supervision of her elder half-brother, the crown prince Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin. She had slanting eyebrows, big black eyes, long face, white skin, and short hair, and grew upto be a tall woman.[6] She began her education at the Ilhamur Mansion, in 1879, along with her brothers, Şehzade Mehmed Seyfeddin and Şehzade Mehmed Şevket, and Sultan Abdul Hamid II's children, Şehzade Mehmed Selim and Zekiye Sultan.[12]

Marriage

In 1889 Sultan Abdul Hamid arranged her trousseaux and marriage together with her two sisters, princesses Saliha Sultan and Nazime Sultan, as well as his own daughter, Zekiye Sultan.[13]

On 20 April 1889 at the age of sixteen, she married Kabasakal Çerkes Mehmed Pasha in the Yıldız Palace. He was the widower of Sultan Abdulmejid I's daughter Naile Sultan. She moved in her palace known as "Esma Sultan Mansion", in which Mehmed Pasha and Naile Sultan previously lived.[14]

In 1890, a year after the marriage, she gave birth to her first child, Sultanzade Hasan Bedreddin Bey (died 1909)[15] in 1892 to her second child, Sultanzade Hüseyin Hayreddin Bey (died 1987),[15][16] in 1894 to her third child, Mihriban Hanımsultan, who died in infancy,[17] and on 14 June 1895 to her last child, Sultanzade Saadeddin Mehmed Bey[18][16] (died 1976).[15][16]

Death

Esma Sultan died on 7 May 1899 at the age of twenty-six and was buried in the mausoleum of imperial ladies at New Mosque, Eminönü, Istanbul.[3][19][20][21] After her death, Sultan Abdul Hamid decided to get Hatice Sultan, daughter of Sultan Murad V married to her husband, Mehmed Pasha. However, the marriage never took place.[22]

Issue

Together with Mehmed Pasha, Esma had four children:

  • Sultanzade Hasan Bedreddin Bey (1890 – 1909, buried in New Mosque);[23]
  • Sultanzade Hüseyin Hayreddin Bey (1892–1987);
  • Mihriban Hanımsultan (1894 – 1894, buried in Yahya Efendi Cemetery);[17]
  • Sultanzade Saadeddin Mehmed Bey (14 June 1895 – 1976);

Ancestry

See also

References
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  2. Britannica, Istanbul:When the Republic of Turkey was founded in 1923, the capital was moved to Ankara, and Constantinople was officially renamed Istanbul in 1930.
  3. Brookes 2010, p. 281.
  4. Açba, Harun (2007). Kadın efendiler: 1839–1924. Profil. p. 94. ISBN 978-9-759-96109-1.
  5. Uluçay 2011, p. 233.
  6. Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 645.
  7. Zürcher, Erik J. (October 15, 2004). Turkey: A Modern History, Revised Edition. I.B.Tauris. p. 73. ISBN 978-1-850-43399-6.
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  10. Davison, Roderic H. (December 8, 2015). Reform in the Ottoman Empire, 1856–1876. Princeton University Press. p. 341. ISBN 978-1-400-87876-5.
  11. Brookes 2010, p. 43.
  12. Uru, Cevriye (2010). Sultan Abdülhamid'in kızı Zekiye Sultan'in Hayati (1872–1950). p. 6.
  13. Brookes 2010, p. 159.
  14. Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 645-6.
  15. Vâsıb, Ali; Osmanoğlu, Osman Selaheddin (2004). Bir şehzadenin hâtırâtı: vatan ve menfâda gördüklerim ve işittiklerim. YKY. p. 440. ISBN 978-9-750-80878-4.
  16. Bardakçı, Murat (2008). Son Osmanlılar: Osmanlı hanedanının sürgün ve miras öyküsü. İnkılâp. p. 312. ISBN 978-9-751-02616-3.
  17. Şehsuvaroğlu, Haluk Y. (2005). Asırlar boyunca İstanbul: Eserleri, Olayları, Kültürü. Yenigün Haber Ajansı. p. 148.
  18. Reşad, Ekrem; Osman, Ferid (1911). Musavver nevsâl-i Osmanî. p. 70.
  19. "Brıef Hıstory: The Legendary Origin Of The Dynastic Family, The Osmanlis, G – Ödevsel". Odevsel.com. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  20. Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 646.
  21. Uluçay 2011, p. 236.
  22. Örik, Nahid Sırrı (2002). Bilinmeyen yaşamlarıyla saraylılar. Türkiye İş Bankası. p. 40. ISBN 978-9-754-58383-0.
  23. Hakkı Önkal (1992). Osmanlı hanedan türbeleri. Kültür Bakanlığı. p. 206. ISBN 978-975-17-1009-3.

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.
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