TURKEY

The Imperial House of Osman

GENEALOGY

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1876 - 1909 H.M. Sultan 'Abdu'l-Hamid Khan II Ghazi, 34th Sovereign of the House of Osman, Sultan of Sultans, Khan of Khans, Commander of the Faithful and Successor of the Prophet of the Lord of the Universe, Protector of the Holy Cities of Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem, Emperor of the three Cities of Constantinople, Adrianople and Bursa, and of the Cities of Damascus and Cairo, of all Azerbaijan, of the Magris, of Barka, of Kairuan, of Aleppo, of Arabic Iraq and of Ajim, of Basra, of El Hasa, of Dilen, of Raka, of Mosul, of Parthia, of Diyarbakir, of Cicilia, of the Vilayets of Erzurum, of Sivas, of Adana, of Karaman, Van, of Barbary, of Abyssinia, of Tunisia, of Tripoli, of Damascus, of Cyprus, of Rhodes, of Candia, of the Vilayet of the Morea, of the Marmara Sea, the Black Sea and also its coasts, of Anatolia, of Rumelia, Baghdad, Kurdistan, Greece, Turkistan, Tartary, Circassia, of the two regions of Kabarda, of Georgia, of the plain of Kypshak, of the whole country of the Tartars, of Kefa and of all the neighbouring countries, of Bosnia and its dependencies, of the City and Fort of Belgrade, of the Vilayet of Serbia, with all the castles, forts and cities, of all Albania, of all Iflak and Bogdania, as well as all the dependencies and borders, and many others countries and cities. b. at the Old Çiragan Palace, Constantinople, 22nd September 1842, educ. privately. Became Vali Ahad (Crown Prince) 30th May 1876. Succeeded on the deposition of his elder half-brother, 31st August 1876. Girded with the sword at the Great Mosque of Eyüb, 30th September 1876. Deposed for his despotism by the 'Young Turk' revolution, 27th April 1909. Rcvd: Knt. Orders of the Annunziata of Italy, Elephant of Denmark, Black Eagle of Prussia, Golden Fleece of Spain (1880), Serephim of Sweden (30.3.1885), Carol I with collar of Rumania (25.7.1907), and St Hubert of Bavaria (24.5.1908), GC of the Orders of the Southern Cross of Brazil (2.10.1876), St Stephen of Hungary (1881), the Netherlands Lion (30.3.1882), the Legion of Honour of France, the Saxe-Ernestine Order of Saxe-Coburg, and the White Eagle of Serbia (1907), and the Order of the Agdas of Persia. m. (first) at the Dolma Bahche Palace, Constantinople, 1863, Nazikeda Bash Kadin Effendi (b. ca. 1850; d. at Yildiz Palace, Constantinople, 11th April 1895), styled Bash Kadin Effendi from 3rd August 1876. m. (second) at the Dolma Bahche Palace, Constantinople, October 1868, Safinaz Nurefzun Kadin Effendi (b. ca. 1851; m. second, Safvet Bey, and d. 1915), styled 2nd Kadin Effendi, a sister of Yildiz, wife of H.M. Sultan 'Abdu'l-Aziz Khan I. m. (third) at the Dolma Bahche Palace, Constantinople, 15th November 1868, H.H. Badr-i-Falek Bash Kadin Effendi (b. at Poti, Caucasus, 4th January 1851; d. at Serencebey, Yildiz, 6th February 1930), styled 3rd Kadin Effendi from 1876, 2nd Kadin effendi from 1878, and Bash Kadin Effendi from 11th April 1895. m. (fourth) at the Yildiz Palace, 2nd September 1875, H.H. Bidar Kadin Effendi (b. in the Caucasus, 5th May 1858; d. at Erenkoy, Asia Minor, 1st January 1918, bur. Yahya Effendi Mosque), styled 3rd Kadin Effendi from 1877, and 2nd Kadin Effendi from 1893, sister of Brigadier-General H.E. Xerxes Husain Pasha. m. (fifth) at Yildiz, 10th April 1883, Dilpasand Kadin Effendi (b. at Tiflis, Georgia, 16th January 1865; d. at the Yildiz Palace, 17th June 1901), styled 4th Kadin Effendi from 10th April 1883, and 3rd Kadin Effendi from 11th April 1895. m. (sixth) at the Yildiz Palace, 2nd February 1885, H.H. Mazida Mastan Kadin Effendi (b. at Genj, Caucasus, 3rd March 1869; d. at the Yildiz Palace, 12th January 1909, bur. Yahya Effendi Mosque), styled Bas Iqbal from 2nd February 1885, 4th Kadin Effendi from 11th April 1895, and 3rd Kadin Effendi from 17th June 1901, previously in the Harem of Murad V. m. (seventh) at the Yildiz Palace, 20th November 1885, Amsal-i-Nur Kadin Effendi (b. at Tiflis, Georgia, 2nd January 1866; d. at Nisantasi, 1950, bur. Yahya Effendi Mosque), styled 2nd Iqbal from 20th November 1885, Bas Iqbal from 11th April 1895, 4th Kadin Effendi from 17th June 1901, and 3rd Kadin Effendi from 21st January 1909. m. (eighth) at the Yildiz Palace, 12th January 1886, Aisha Dist-i-Zur Musfika Kadin Effendi (b. at Hope, Caucasus, 10th December 1867; d. at Serencebey Yokusu no. 53, Yildiz, 16th July 1961, bur. Yahya Effendi Mosque), known as "Kayisoy", styled 3rd Iqbal from 12th January 1886, 2nd Iqbal from 11th April 1895, Bas Iqbal from 17th June 1901, and 4th Kadin Effendi from 21st January 1909, daughter of Ghazi Shahid Agir Muhammad Bey, by his wife, Amina Khanum. m. (ninth) at the Yildiz Palace, 31st August 1890, Sazkar Bas Khanum Effendi (b. at Istinyi, Constantinople, 8th May 1873; d. at Beirut, 1945, bur. Sultan Selim Mosque, Damascus), styled 4th Iqbal from 31st August 1890, 3rd Iqbal from 11th April 1895, 2nd Iqbal from 17th June 1901, Bas Iqbal from 21st June 1909, and Bas Khanum Effendi from... m. (tenth) at the Yildiz Palace, 24th  January 1893, H.H. Paivasta Khanum Effendi (b. in the Caucasus, 10th May 1873; d. at Paris, 1944), rcvd: the Collar of the Hanedan-i-Ali-Osman, styled Bas Gozde from 24th January 1893, Iqbal from 11th April 1895, 3rd Iqbal from 17th June 1901, and 2nd Iqbal from 21st January 1909. m. (eleventh) at the Yildiz Palace, 1896, Fatima Pasand Khanum Effendi (b. 1876; d. 1925), styled Bas Gozde from 1896, 4th Iqbal from 17th June 1901, and 3rd Iqbal from 21st January 1909. m. (twelfth) at the Yildiz Palace, 10th May 1900, H.H. Bahija Khanum Effendi (b. at Batum, Caucasus, 10th October 1882; m. second, 1919 (div. 1924), Jalal Bey Ma'an, and d. at Istanbul, 22nd October 1969), styled 2nd Gozde from 10th May 1900, Bas Gozde from 17th June 1901, and 4th Iqbal from 21st January 1909. m. (thirteenth) at the Yildiz Palace, 4th November 1904, H.H. Salaha Najiya Kadin Effendi (b. at Batum, 1887; d. at Erenkoy, Asia Minor, 4th December 1923), styled 2nd Gozde from 4th November 1904. m. (fourteenth) Durdana Khanum (b. 1867; d. at Istanbul, January 1955), styled Bas Gozde the date of her marriage. m. (fifteenth) Calibos Khanum (b. at Constantinople, 1890; d. after 1955), styled 2nd Gozde at her marriage. m. (sixteenth) Nazl-i-Yar Khanum, formerly a Gozde. He d. from heart failure at the Beylerbeyi Palace, Bosphorus, 10th February 1918 (bur. Constantinople), having had issue, eight sons and nine daughters:
 
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