Ahmed Nihad Osmanoglu ( tour: Ahmed Nihad Osmanoğlu ; July 5, 1883 , Istanbul - June 4, 1954 , Beirut ) - the 38th head of the Osman house [1] ; colonel of the infantry of the Ottoman army. If he had ruled, he would have been called Sultan Ahmed IV [2] [3] [4] .
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| Predecessor | Abdul Majid II | ||||||
| Successor | Osman Fuad | ||||||
| Birth | July 5, 1883 Istanbul , Ottoman Empire | ||||||
| Death | June 4, 1954 (aged 70) Beirut , Lebanon | ||||||
| Burial place | Sultan Selim Mosque | ||||||
| Kind | Ottomans | ||||||
| Birth name | Shehzade Ahmed Nihad Effendi | ||||||
| Father | Mehmed Selahaddin Effendi | ||||||
| Mother | Naziknaz Hanim Effendi | ||||||
| Spouse | 1. Safira Hanim Effendi 2. Nevrestan Hanim Effendi | ||||||
| Children | Ali Wasib | ||||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||||
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Biography
Ahmed Nihad was born in 1883 in the Chiragan Palace in the family of Mehmed Selahaddin Effendi , the eldest child of Murad V , and his second wife Naziknaz Khanym. He was the second son and fifth child of Mehmed Selahaddin. Ahmed’s childhood passed in the Chiragan palace, where his grandfather, the former Sultan Murad, was imprisoned with his family. In 1904 , after the death of Murad, the Ahmed family moved to the Feneriola palace in Uskudar . Ahmed by that time was already married to Safira Khanym (1884-1975; marriage was signed on February 7, 1902 ) and he already had a single child - the son of Ali Wasib (1903-1983) [5] . In addition, for some time they lived in Kurucheshma and Ortakoy. From 1911 until his exile, Ahmed lived in a mansion in Serenjibey, which he built according to his own project; in addition, he spent the summer with his family in the Muradiye pavilion in Kurbagalyder. In the same period, Ahmed Nihad married a second time: on April 10, 1915 [6] (according to other sources , March 28, 1914 [5] ) a marriage was concluded with Nevrestan Khanum (1895-1980); the marriage was childless.
After the creation of the Republic of Turkey and the abolition of the caliphate, in March 1924 , Ahmed Nihad, among other members of the Dynasty, was forced to leave the country. He spent several months with his wives and son in Budapest , and then spent twelve years in Nice . In 1937, Ahmed moved to Beirut, where he remained until the end of his life. Here he suffered a stroke , which made him disabled for the rest of his life. In 1944 , after the death of Abdul-Majid II , Ahmed Nihad headed the House of Osman , becoming the second post-imperial head of the Dynasty and the first chapter without a caliph title. Many members of the Dynasty who settled in the Middle East visited him, venerating Ahmed as a pious person. In addition to his talent for architecture, Ahmed Nihad loved music and painting.
Ahmed Nihad died in Beirut in 1954 and was buried in the Sultan Selim Mosque in Damascus .
Ancestors
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Notes
- ↑ Almanach de Gotha , 184th edition, pg 365, 912–915. Almanach de Gotha. (2000).
- ↑ Burke's royal families of the world. Second edition. pg 247. Burke's peerage. (1980).
- ↑ "The Ottoman empire". History Files.
- ↑ Official website of the immediate living descendants of the Ottoman dynasty. Accessed July 20, 2012.
- ↑ 1 2 The Imperial House of Osman
- ↑ Jamil ADRA. Genealogy of the Imperial Ottoman Family . - 2005. - S. 20. - ISBN 975-7874-09-4 .
Literature
- Ali Vâsıb Osmanoğlu . Bir Şehzadenin Hatıratı / Osman Selahaddin Osmanoğlu . - Yapı Kredi Yayınları, 2005 .-- 478 p. - ISBN 975-08-0878-9 .
Links
- Genealogy of Osman Fuad
- The History Files: The Ottoman Empire
- Ottoman Family . Official website of the immediate living descendants of the Ottoman Dynasty. Date of treatment February 14, 2010.
- Genealogy of the Ottoman Family . Date of treatment August 19, 2008.
- Family Tree , descendants of Sultan Mahmud II . Retrieved 2011-02-28.