Hatice Hayriye Aishe Dyurryushehvar-Sultan ( Tur . Hatice Hayriye Ayşe Dürrüşehvar Sultan ; there is a variant of Durru Shehvar ) - the daughter of the last caliph from the Ottoman dynasty, Abdul-Majid II , from his third [1] Eheni Ateniya ; spouse and mother of his two sons; Princess Berar .
| Durryushehwar Sultan | |
|---|---|
| osman. خدیجه خیریه عائشه درشهوار سلطان | |
 Durryushehwar | |
| Birth name | Hatice Jayrie Aisha Dyuryushahvar Sultan |
| Date of Birth | |
| Place of Birth | Istanbul , Ottoman Empire |
| Date of death | |
| A place of death | London , UK |
| A country | |
| Father | Abdul Majid II |
| Mother | Atiye Mehisti Kadin Effendi |
| Spouse | Azam jah |
| Children | Muffakham Jah Mukarram Jah |
Content
- 1 Biography
- 1.1 The early years
- 1.2 Marriage
- 1.3 Late years
- 2 notes
- 3 References
Biography
Early years
Dyurryushehvar was born in the Chamlydzh palace in Uskudar on January 26, 1914 . The childhood of the sultans passed in the Sultan's palace Dolmabahce . After the abolition of the caliphate in 1924, Durryushehwar, together with her parents and brother, was exiled in Paris . Later, the family moved to Nice , where Durryushehwar and her brother received education.
Marriage
In exile, wedding proposals began to arrive. The hands of the sultana for their heirs requested the Persian Shah Reza Pahlavi and the King of Egypt Ahmed Fuad I ; in addition, Azam Jah, the eldest son of the last Nizam of the Principality of Hyderabad and the district of Central Provinces and Berar , Asaf Jaha VII, wanted to see her. It was with Azam that the marriage was concluded on November 12, 1931 in Nice. Two sons were born in this marriage: and . The cousin of Durryushehwar became the wife of another son of Asaf Jah VII.
It was believed that the matrimonial alliance between the Nizam, the richest ruler of his time, and the ousted caliph would lead to the emergence of a Muslim ruler capable of taking the place of the Ottoman sultan . Princess Durru Shehwar, whose father was interested in modernization reforms and believed in the modern education of women, including his wives and daughters, became a popular public figure immediately upon arrival in Hyderabad. She believed that women themselves could earn a living; in addition, Durru Shehwar helped stop the practice of forcing the burqa.
Later years
After the birth of sons in 1933 and 1939, Durru Shehwar personally took up their education. At her insistence, they studied in the UK and married Turkish women. Bypassing her husband, the eldest son of Durru Shehwar, Mukarram, was appointed heir of Asaf Jah VII.
Durru Shehwar became the first woman to attend the opening ceremony of the airport, when in 1940 she opened the airport in Hyderabad. In addition, it is associated with the opening of the . At her insistence, a was built . She also opened the famous Ajmal Khan Tibbiya College Hospital in 1939 at Aligarh Muslim University . The last public performance of the princess took place at the opening of the museum on the occasion of the silver anniversary of Nizam. The last time Durru Shehwar visited Hyderabad in 2004.
Relations with the new government of Turkey at Durryushehwar did not work out. Despite the amnesty of the princesses of the Ottoman dynasty , she refused to return to her homeland, as the Turkish government refused to allow the burial of the father of the Sultana in Istanbul [2] . After the death of her husband, Durryushehwar moved to her mother in London, where she died in 2006. Buried at .
Notes
- ↑ Osmanlı padişahların eşleri
- ↑ Doğan, İbrahim. Türkiye'de gömülmek istemedi (She didn't want to be buried in Turkey.) ( Turkish ) // Aksiyon . - 2006 .-- 13 Şubat ( c. Dosyalar (Files) , num. 584 ). (Mainly in Turkish)