Cemile Sultan
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Cemile Sultan (Vorlage:Lang-ota; 17 August 1843 – 26 February 1915) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Sultan Abdulmejid I and Düzdidil Kadın. She was the half sister of Sultans Murad V, Abdul Hamid II, Mehmed V, and Mehmed VI.
Early life
Cemile Sultan was born on 17 August 1843 in the Old Beylerbeyi Palace.Vorlage:SfnVorlage:Sfn Her father was Sultan Abdulmejid I, and her mother was Düzdidil Kadın, the daughter of Şıhım Bey Dişan. She had three elder sisters, Mevhibe Sultan three years elder then her,Vorlage:Sfn twin elder sisters Neyyire Sultan and Münire Sultan, two years elder then her,Vorlage:Sfn and a younger sister Samiye Sultan.Vorlage:Sfn
In 1845, Düzdidil Kadın, died leaving Cemile Sultan motherless at the age of two. Abdulmejid took her to another of his wives, Perestu Kadın, and entrusted her into the lady's care. She grew up together with her half brother Abdul Hamid II, who was also adopted by Perestu, in the same household and spend their childhoods with one another.Vorlage:Sfn
In accordance with the custom, Fatma Sultan began to take lessons in the Quran in 1847, together with her half-sisters Fatma Sultan, and Refia Sultan, and brothers Murad and Abdul Hamid.[1]
Marriage
In 1854, at the age of eleven, Abdulmejid betrothed her to Mahmud Celaleddin Pasha, the son of the Imperial son-in-law, Damat Ahmed Fethi Pasha,Vorlage:Sfn and his first wife Ayşe Şemsinur Hanım. Fethi Pasha had himself been married to Cemile's aunt, Atiye Sultan. The wedding took place on 17 May 1858, and was consummated on 11 June 1858. The couple were given a palace at Findiklı as their residence.Vorlage:Sfn At her marriage, her mother-in-law presented Nazikeda Kadın, who would later become first wife of Sultan Abdul Hamid II to her.Vorlage:Sfn
The two together had seven children, four sons, Sultanzade Celaleddin Bey, Sultanzade Ibrahim Sakıb Bey, Sultanzade Ahmed Fazıl Bey, and Sultanzade Mehmed Kazım Bey, and three daughters, Fethiye Hanımsultan, Fatma Hanımsultan, and Ayşe Sıdıka Hanımsultan.[2][3]
The couple supported Abdul Hamid's accession to the throne, until the new Sultan's mistrust of Mahmud Celaleddin Pasha led to the latter's exile to Arabia in 1881, where he was strangled in 1884. Princess Cemile withdrew from society for some twenty years, afterwards reconciling with her brother and paying calls again at the palace.Vorlage:Sfn
Character
On ceremonial occasions Cemile Sultan took precedence as she was the eldest, and always took her place at Abdul Hamid's right. A large armchair was reserved for her on the right-hand side, where she took a seat. In processions she walked at the side of Perestu Kadın, ahead of everyone else.Vorlage:Sfn
She always wore brown-colored dresses and on her head a hotoz of the same color, fashioned of lace or tulle. She dressed in the Turkish style, with a long train fastened to her waist. Since the sumptuous fabrics she wore were always various shades of brown, this color served as something of a hallmark for her. She wore no jewels whatsoever. Despite this simplicity, her imperial bearing amply conveyed her rank of princess.Vorlage:Sfn
Those in a position to know said that she looked just like her father, and indeed from the photographs the eyes and the features are the same. Everyone in the palace felt great respect and fondness for Princess Cemile, holding her in affectionate system. She spoke so graciously and intelligently, not laughing when it was not called for, and exhibiting toward everyone the appropriate conduct due him or her.Vorlage:Sfn
Death
Cemile Sultan died at Erenköy, Istanbul on 26 February 1915 and was buried in the mausoleum of her father, Sultan Abdulmejid.Vorlage:SfnVorlage:Sfn
Issue
Together with Mahmud Celaleddin, Cemile had seven children:
- Fethiye Hanımsultan, married Colonel Hayri Bey.Vorlage:Sfn She died in 1884-85,[3] two months into marriage.[4]
- Sultanzade Mehmed Celaleddin Bey[5] was born in 1864. He had two wives, Visalinur Hanım[6] and Hayriye Hanım, and had one son, Ziyaeddin Bey, and two daughters, Mevhibe Hanım and Münire Hanım. He died in 1917.[7][6]
- Sultanzade Sakıb Bey had two wives, Vicdan Hanım and Dilbeşte Hanım, and two daughters, Şehime Hanım with Vicdan and Emine Hanım with Dilbeşte. He died in 1894-95.[7]
- Ayşe Sıdıka Hanımsultan,[8] married firstly on 29 January 1891, Hacı Beyefendi, son of Chief of Staff Ferik Edhem Pasha. He dowry was fixed to 250, 001 kuruş.[9] She then married Fuad Ürfi Pasha, and had two daughters, Kerime Hanım and Naime Hanım. At the exile of the imperial family in March 1924, she settled in Nice, France.[10] She died in 1938, and was buried in Bobigny cemetery.[11]
- Fatma Hanımsultan, had tuberculosis, and during this time Nazikeda Kadın became her closest companion. She went on to marry Sultan Mehmed VI;[12]
- Sultanzade Ahmed Fazıl Bey (died 1906). He married Hayriye Hanım, and had two sons, Fethi Bey and Refik Bey, and one daughter, Fatma Dürdane Hanım;[7]
- Sultanzade Mehmed Kazım Bey;
In popular culture
- In the 2017 TV series Payitaht: Abdülhamid, Cemile Sultan is portrayed by Turkish actress Devrim Yakut.[13]
Ancestry
See also
References
Sources
- Mustafa Çağatay Uluçay: Padişahların kadınları ve kızları. Ankara, Ötüken, 2011.
- The Concubine, the Princess, and the Teacher: Voices from the Ottoman Harem. University of Texas Press, 2010, ISBN 978-0-292-78335-5.
- Necdet Sakaoğlu: Bu mülkün kadın sultanları: Vâlide sultanlar, hâtunlar, hasekiler, kadınefendiler, sultanefendiler. Oğlak Yayıncılık, 2008, ISBN 978-975-329-623-6.
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- ↑ Arif Kolay: Osmanlı Saray Hayatından Bir Kesit: Ali Akyıldız ve Mümin ve Müsrif Bir Padişah Kızı Refia Sultan. 2017, S. 681.
- ↑ Burhan Çağlar: İngiliz Said Paşa ve Günlüğü (Jurnal). Arı Sanat Yayinevi, 2011, ISBN 978-9944-74-225-2, S. 85.
- ↑ a b Murat Bardakçı: Son Osmanlılar: Osmanlı hanedanı'nın sürgün ve miras öyküsü. İnkılâp, 2008, ISBN 978-975-10-2616-3, S. 283.
- ↑ Sara Ertuğrul: Cec̣miṣ zaman olur ki...anlatan Mevhibe Celalettin. M. Siralar Matbaasi, 1953, S. 15.
- ↑ Asaf Tugay: Saray dedikodulari ve bazi mâruzat [yazan] Asaf Tugay. Ersa Matbaacilik, 1963, S. 20.
- ↑ a b M. Celâlettin Atsoy: Kandilli'de tarih. Türkiye Turing ve Otomobil Kurumu, 1982, S. 82.
- ↑ a b c Murat Bardakçı: Son Osmanlılar: Osmanlı hanedanının sürgün ve miras öyküsü. Gri Yayın, 1991, S. 165.
- ↑ Ayşe Osmanoğlu: Babam Abdülhamid. Güven Yayınevi, 1960, S. 65.
- ↑ Serap Suny: “SÛR-I HÜMAYUN” DEFTERİNE GÖRE 19. YÜZYIL SARAY DÜĞÜNLERİNE DAİR BİR DEĞERLENDİRME. 2017, S. 336-7.
- ↑ Ali Vâsıb: Bir Şehzadenin hâtırâtı: vatan ve menfâda gördüklerim ve işittiklerim. YKY, 2004, ISBN 978-975-08-0878-4, S. 165, 178, 204.
- ↑ Ekrem Buğra Ekinci: Sultan Abdülhamid’in Son Zevcesi. Timaş Tarih, 2017, ISBN 978-6-05082503-9, S. 82.
- ↑ Murat Bardakçı: Neslishah: The Last Ottoman Princess. Oxford University Press, 2017, ISBN 978-977-416-837-6, S. 8.
- ↑ Vorlage:Citation