Şehzade Mehmed Şevket

Şehzade Mehmed Şevket
Born(1872-06-05)5 June 1872
Dolmabahçe Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(now Istanbul, Turkey)
Died22 October 1899(1899-10-22) (aged 27)
Ortaköy Palace, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Burial
Sultan Mahmud II Mausoleum, Divanyolu, Istanbul
Spouse
Fatma Ruyinaz Hanım
​
(m. 1890)​
IssueŞehzade Mehmed Cemaleddin
Names
Turkish: Şehzade Mehmed Şevket
Ottoman Turkish: شهزاده محمد شوکت
DynastyOttoman
FatherAbdulaziz
MotherNeşerek Kadın
ReligionSunni Islam
Military career
AllegianceOttoman Empire
Service / branchOttoman Navy
Years of service1875–1899 (active service)
RankSee list

Şehzade Mehmed Şevket Efendi (Ottoman Turkish: شهزاده محمد شوكت; 5 June 1872 – 22 October 1899) was an Ottoman prince, the son of Sultan Abdulaziz and Neşerek Kadın.

Early life

Şehzade Mehmed Şevket was born on 5 June 1872[1][2] in the Dolmabahçe Palace.[3][4] His father was Abdulaziz, son of Mahmud II and Pertevniyal Sultan, and his mother was Neşerek Kadın, daughter of Prince Ismail Zevş-Barakay.[5] He had a sister Emine Sultan, two years younger than him.[5]

Abdulaziz was deposed on 30 May 1876 and was succeeded by his nephew Murad V. On 4 June 1876,[6] Abdulaziz died under mysterious circumstances. His mother died a few days later, on 11 June 1876.[5] Şevket was only four years old that time, Abdul Hamid II took care of Şevket and raised him with his sons.[7]

Şevket began his education at Ihlamur Pavilion, in 1879, along with his sister Esma Sultan and brother Şehzade Mehmed Seyfeddin and Sultan Abdul Hamid's children Şehzade Mehmed Selim and Zekiye Sultan.[8]

His circumcision took place on 17 December 1883, along with his brothers Abdulmejid II, Şehzade Mehmed Seyfeddin, Şehzade Mehmed Selim eldest son of Sultan Abdul Hamid, Şehzade Ibrahim Tevfik, grandson of Abdulmejid I, and Şehzade Mehmed Ziyaeddin, eldest son of Mehmed V.[9] His circumcision was carried out by Rıfat or Saib Pasha.[10]

Military career

Mehmed Şevket was enlisted in the imperial Ottoman Navy during the reign of his father. He was given the rank of lieutenant on 27 May 1875. A year later in 1876, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-commander.[11]

Personal life

Şevket's only wife was Fatma Ruyinaz Hanım. She was born on 2 January 1873 in Bandırma. They married on 3 April 1890 in the Yıldız Palace, when Şevket was twenty and Ruyinaz was seventeen years old.[12][13][14] She was the mother of the couple's only child Şehzade Mehmed Cemaleddin, born on 1 March 1891.[15][16] She died 7 August 1960 in Beirut, Lebanon.[12]

Şevket owned the Malta Pavilion located in the Yıldız Palace.[17] He also owned a villa in Küçük Çamlıca, Üsküdar.[12][13] He was a pianist by avocation.[18]

Death

Mehmed Şevket died on 22 October 1899, at the age of twenty-seven, and was buried in the mausoleum of his grandfather Mahmud II, Divanyolu, Istanbul.[4][7][19] Present day Sultan Abdulaziz's male generation is descended from Mehmed Şevket.[19]

Honours

Styles of
Şehzade Mehmed Şevket
Reference styleHis Imperial Highness
Spoken styleYour Imperial Highness

Military appointments

Military ranks and naval appointments
  • 27 May 1875: Lieutenant, Ottoman Navy
  • 1876: Lieutenant-Commander, Ottoman Navy

Issue

Name Birth Death Notes
Şehzade Mehmed Cemaleddin 1 March 1891 18 November 1947 born in Yıldız Palace; married once, and had issue, two sons; died in exile in Beirut, Lebanon, and buried there

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ Uçan, Lâle (2019). Dolmabahçe Sarayı'nda Çocuk Olmak: Sultan Abdülaziz'in Şehzâdelerinin ve Sultanefendilerinin Çocukluk Yaşantılarından Kesitler. FSM İlmî Araştırmalar İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Dergisi. p. 233.
  2. ^ Uçan 2019, p. 24.
  3. ^ Bey 1969, p. 280.
  4. ^ a b Adra, Jamil (2005). Genealogy of the Imperial Ottoman Family 2005. p. 16.
  5. ^ a b c Uluçay 2011, p. 233.
  6. ^ Davison, Roderic H. (8 December 2015). Reform in the Ottoman Empire, 1856-1876. Princeton University Press. p. 341. ISBN 978-1-400-87876-5.
  7. ^ a b Korkmaz 2019, p. 50.
  8. ^ Uru, Cevriye (2010). Sultan II. Abdülhamid'in kızı Zekiye Sultan'in Hayatı (1872-1950) (Master Thesis) (in Turkish). Marmara University Institute of Social Sciences. p. 6.
  9. ^ Uçan 2019, p. 25.
  10. ^ Uçan 2019, p. 25 n. 57.
  11. ^ Korkmaz 2019, pp. 50–51.
  12. ^ a b c Küçükaşcı, Mustafa Sabri (2015-01-01). "Üsküdar Şerifler Köşkü Sakinleri". Uluslararası Üsküdar Sempozyumu: VIII 21-23 Kasım 2014 Bildiriler (in Turkish): 129, 140 n. 8. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  13. ^ a b Haskan, Mehmet Nermi (2001). Yüzyıllar boyunca Üsküdar - Volume 3. Üsküdar Belediyesi. p. 1427. ISBN 978-9-759-76063-2.
  14. ^ Bey 1969, p. 169.
  15. ^ Reşad, Ekrem; Osman, Ferid (1911). Musavver nevsâl-i Osmanî. p. 59.
  16. ^ Bey 1969, p. 153.
  17. ^ Korkmaz 2019, p. 51.
  18. ^ "Murat Bardakçı yazdı". Habertürk. 6 June 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  19. ^ a b "Mehmed Şevket Efendi Kimdir? Osmanlı Şehzadesi, Sultan Abdülaziz'in Oğlu". Osmanli. 7 February 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2020.

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