TURKEY

The Imperial House of Osman
GENEALOGY
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,
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