Şehzade Ahmed Nureddin (son of Abdulmejid I)

Şehzade Ahmed Nureddin
Born31 March 1852
Old Çırağan Palace, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Died3 January 1884(1884-01-03) (aged 31)
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Burial
New Mosque, Istanbul
Spouse
Nazlı Emsâl Hanım
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(m. 1870; died 1871)​
Names
Turkish: Şehzade Ahmed Nureddin
Ottoman Turkish: شهزادہ احمد نورالدین
HouseOttoman
FatherAbdulmejid I
MotherMahitab Kadın
ReligionSunni Islam
Military career
Allegiance Ottoman Empire
Service / branch Ottoman Army
RankSee list

Şehzade Ahmed Nureddin Efendi (Ottoman Turkish: شهزادہ احمد نورالدین; 31 March 1852 – 3 January 1884) was an Ottoman prince, the son of Sultan Abdulmejid I and one of his consorts Mahitab Kadın.

Early life

Şehzade Ahmed Nureddin was born on 31 March 1852[1] in the Old Çırağan Palace.[2] His father was Sultan Abdulmejid I, son of Sultan Mahmud II and Bezmiâlem Sultan, and his mother was Mahitab Kadın.[2]

Nureddin and his brothers, Princes Mehmed Reşad (future Sultan Mehmed V), Ahmed Kemaleddin Mehmed Burhaneddin, were circumcised on 9 April 1857 in the Dolmabahçe Palace.[3][4][5][6] After Abdulmejid's death in 1861, Nureddin and his mother settled in the Feriye Palace.[2]

Education and career

In February 1864, Nureddin was enrolled in the Ottoman Military College together with his cousin Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin.[7] Their tutor was Miralay Süleyman Bey.[8] Another tutor was the future grand vizier Ahmed Mukhtar Pasha.[9] After graduating from the military college on 19 January 1865,[10] Nureddin served in the 5th Division of the 3rd Talia Battalion of the First Army. On 2 July 1866,[11] he was given rank of Senior Captain of the right wing.[12] He, however, later left the army.[13]

Personal life

Nureddin's only wife was Nazlı Emsâl Hanım. She was born in 1852. They married in 1870. She died childless[3][14] in 1870–1871, and was buried in Yahya Efendi Cemetery.[15]

Nureddin like his brothers, Sultan Murad V and Şehzade Ahmed Kemaleddin joined Proodos ("Progress" in Greek) Masonic lodge in 1873. This lodge was founded in the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul in 1867, as an associate of the French lodge “Grand Orient.” The lodge's rituals were conducted in both Turkish and Greek.[16][17][18]

Death

Nureddin died of tuberculosis[19] at the age of thirty-one on 3 January 1884, and was buried in New Mosque, Istanbul.[2] His brother, Sultan Abdul Hamid II named one of his sons after him.[20]

Honours

Military appointments

Military ranks and army appointments
  • 2 July 1866: Senior Captain, Ottoman Army

Ancestry

References

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  3. ^ a b Sakaoğlu, Necdet (2001). Avrupalılaşmanın yol haritası ve Sultan Abdülmecid. DenizBank Yayınları. DenizBank. p. 109. ISBN 978-975-7104-50-6.
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  5. ^ Özer, İlbeyi (2005). Avrupa yolunda batılaşma ya da batılılaşma: İstanbul'da sosyal değişimler. Truva Yayınları. p. 29. ISBN 978-9-756-23734-2.
  6. ^ Arslan, Mehmet (2008). Osmanlı saray düğünleri ve şenlikleri: Manzum sûrnâmeler. Sarayburnu Kitaplığı. p. 329. ISBN 978-9-944-90563-3.
  7. ^ Ünlü 2019, p. 29.
  8. ^ Ünlü 2019, p. 34.
  9. ^ Tugay, Emine Foat (1974). Three Centuries; Family Chronicles of Turkey and Egypt. Greenwood Press. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-8371-7117-3.
  10. ^ Ünlü 2019, p. 30.
  11. ^ Ünlü 2019, p. 37.
  12. ^ Ünlü 2019, p. 34 n. 138.
  13. ^ Ünlü 2019, p. 35 n. 138.
  14. ^ Adra, Jamil (2005). Genealogy of the Imperial Ottoman Family 2005. p. 12.
  15. ^ Şehsuvaroğlu, Haluk Y. (2005). Asırlar boyunca İstanbul: Eserleri, Olayları, Kültürü. Yenigün Haber Ajansı. p. 148.
  16. ^ Brookes, Douglas Scott (January 1, 2010). The Concubine, the Princess, and the Teacher: Voices from the Ottoman Harem. University of Texas Press. p. 69 n. 44. ISBN 978-0-292-78335-5.
  17. ^ Öztuncay, B. (2003). The Photographers of Constantinople: Text & photographs. Photographers of Constantinople / Bahattin Öztuncay. Aygaz. p. 244. ISBN 978-975-296-052-7.
  18. ^ Zarcone, T.; Zarinebaf, F. (1993). Les Iraniens d'Istanbul. Bibliothèque iranienne. Institut français de recherches en Iran. p. 39. ISBN 978-2-906053-32-8.
  19. ^ Dorys, Georges; Hornblow, Arthur (1902). The Private Life of the Sultan of Turkey. Lives of royalties. D. Appleton. p. 261.
  20. ^ Yılmaz Öztuna (2008). II. Abdülhamîd: zamânı ve şahsiyeti. Kubbealti Publishing. p. 238. ISBN 978-97564-446-27.

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