Mehmed Selaheddin

Mehmed Selaheddin b. Dolmabahçe Palace, İstanbul, 6 August 1861, only son of Sultan Mehmed Murad V, 33rd Sovereign of the House of Osman, by his second wife Reftarıdil Kadınefendi, educ. privately. Became 3rd Velihad from 13 August 1909. Major-General of the Imperial Ottoman Army. Rcvd: the Collar of the Hanedan-ı-Ali-Osman and the Nişan-ı-Ali-Imtiyaz.

Life
Mehmed Selaheddin spent most of his life in enforced confinement in Ciragan Palace, Ortaköy in İstanbul. The Palace served as an enforced residence to his father Sultan Murad V, who had been deposed in 1876 and replaced by his brother, Sultan Abdülhamid II. The restrictions imposed on the former Sultan extended to his entire family, and were not lifted until his death in 1904. During this time Prince (Şehzade) Mehmed Selaheddin Efendi wrote a diary which give an account of the daily life of the imprisoned members of Sultan Murad V's immediate family and their retinue.

He died aged 53 at Feneryolu Palace, Üsküdar, 29 April 1915 (bur. Şehzade Kemaleddin Maus, Yahya Efendi), having had six sons and seven daughters:

Marriages
m. Dilaviz Hanımefendi at Malta Köşkü, İstanbul, 7 March 1877; (d. 19 June 1880).

m. Naziknaz Başhanımefendi, Çırağan Palace, Ortaköy, 7 July 1879, (b. at Kars, Caucasus, 24 December 1860; d. at Nice, France, 17 February 1928).

m. Tevhide Zatıgül Hanımefendi Çırağan Palace, Ortaköy, 27 February 1881, (b. at Batum, Caucasus, 25 January 1864; d. Çırağan Palace, Ortaköy, 8 March 1896), styled 2nd Hanımefendi.

m. Gülter Hanımefendi, Çırağan Palace, Ortaköy, 10 December 1886,(b. at Tiflis, Georgia, 19 April 1867; d. Çırağan Palace, Ortaköy, 17 February 1895, bur. Yahya Efendi), styled 3rd Hanımefendi.

m. Jalefer Hanımefendi, Çırağan Palace, Ortaköy, 15 September 1891, (b. at Kars, Caucasus, 9 August 1872; d. at Ortaköy, 7 April 1937), styled 2nd Hanımefendi.

m. Cemile Dilbestan "Hatgil" Hanımefendi Çırağan Palace, Ortaköy, 1894,(b. 1880; d. at Istanbul, 1955).

Issue
a) Prince (Şehzade) Mehmed Livaeddin Efendi. b. Çırağan Palace, Ortaköy, 25 June 1880. He d. 30 July 1882.

b) Prince (Şehzade) Ahmed Nihad Efendi, (bin Naziknaz) 38th Head of the Imperial House of Osman

c)Prince (Şehzade) Mehmed Efendi. b. and d. Çırağan Palace, Ortaköy, 23 March 1889 (bin Tevhide Zatigül) (bur.Yahya Efendi).

d) Prince (Şehzade) Osman Fuad Efendi, (bin Jalefer) 39th Head of the Imperial House of Osman

e) Prince (Şehzade) Mehmed Nijad Efendi. b. Çırağan Palace, Ortaköy, and d. there 3 March 1896 (bin Dilbestan) (bur. Yahya Efendi).

f) Prince (Şehzade) Mehmed Namık Efendi. b. Çırağan Palace, Ortaköy, 24 June 1898. He d. 18 August 1899 (bur.Yahya Efendi).

a) Princess Ayşe Beyhan Sultan. b. Çırağan Palace, Ortaköy, 18 July (bint Dilaviz) and d. 17 December 1878.

b) Princess Behiye Sultan. b. Çırağan Palace, Ortaköy, 20 September 1881 (bint Naziknaz). Rcvd: the Collar of the Hanedan-ı-Ali-Osman, the Nişan-ı-Şefkat 1st class. m. Ortaköy Palace, 17 February 1910, Major-General Damad Hafız Ismail Hakkı Paşa (b. at Edirne, 24 April 1878; k. at Erzurum, 12 February 1915), Ottoman Army. She d.s.p. at Maadi, Cairo, 5 March 1948 (bur. Cairo).

c) Princess Celile Sultan. b. Çırağan Palace, Ortaköy, 3 February 1882 (bint Tevhide Zatigül). She d. unm. Çırağan Palace, Ortaköy, 24 November 1899 (bur. Yahya Efendi).

d) Princess Rükiye Sultan. b. Çırağan Palace, Ortaköy, 1 June 1885 (bint Tevhide Zatigül). Rcvd: the Collar of the Hanedan-ı-Ali-Osman, the Nişan-ı-Şefkat 1st class. m. Göztepe Palace, April 1913, Sherif, Damad Mehmed Abdülmecid Haydar Beyefendi (b. at Istanbul, 1889; d.s.p. at İstanbul, 23 November 1965), sometime Jordanian Ambassador to London and Ankara, eldest son of Emir Ali Haydar Paşa, the last Grand Sherif of Mecca, by his first wife Sabiha Hanım. She d.s.p. at İstanbul, 16 June 1971 (bur. Zincirlikuyu.)

e) Princess Adile Sultan. b. Çırağan Palace, Ortaköy, 7 February 1887 (bint Tevhide Zatigül). Rcvd: the Collar of the Hanedan-ı-Ali-Osman, the Nişan-ı-Şefkat 1st class. m. (first) at Göztepe Palace, 15 May 1910 (div. at Erenköy, 8 November 1913) Captain Damad Faik Beyefendi (b. 1885), Ottoman Cavalry, son of Field Marshal Arif Paşa. m. (second) at Göztepe Palace, 3 April 1914, Damad Selaheddin Ali Beyefendi (b. 1885; d. Göztepe Palace, 26 December 1918), son of Moralı Mehmed Ali Bey, by his wife, Aliye Hanım, daughter of Ahmed Celaleddin Paşa. She d. at Paris, 6 December 1973, bur. Bobigny, Paris, having had issue, by her second husband: i) Princess Nilüfer Hanımsultan. b. Göztepe Palace, 4 January 1916, m. (first) at the Hilafet Palace, Nice, France 12 November 1931. (div. 20 October 1952), General Nawab Muazzam Jah, Şejaat Ali Han Bahadur, KCIE (b. Eden Gardens, Hyderabad, 21 December 1907), second son of General His Exalted Highness, Asaf Jah, Nizam ul-Mulk, Nizam ud-Dawla, Nawab Mir Osman Ali Han Bahadur, Nizam of Hyderabad and Berar, GCSI, GBE, Royal Victorian Chain, by his chief wife, Dulhan Begum Sahiba, daughter of Nawab Jahangir Jung Bahadur. m. (second) at Paris, 21 February 1963, Edward Julius Pope (d. 1997). She d.s.p. at Paris, 12 June 1989, bur. Bobigny, Paris.

f) Princess Safiye Sultan. b. Çırağan Palace, Ortaköy, 20 May 1887 (bint Gülter). Rcvd: the Collar of the Hanedan-ı-Ali-Osman, She d. unm. Feneryolu Palace, Üsküdar, 20 February 1911 (bur. Yahya Efendi).

g) Princess Emine Atiye Sultan. b. Çırağan Palace, Ortaköy, 4 December 1891 (bint Tevhide Zatigül). Rcvd: the Collar of the Hanedan-ı-Ali-Osman, the Nişan-ı-Şefkat 1st class. m. Erenköy Palace, 21 September 1914), Damad Osman Hami Beyefendi b. at Bebek, Istanbul, 29 May 1890; d. there, 2 December 1982, bur. Sultan Mahmud II Maus), diplomat, son of Osman Ferid Paşa, sometime Private Sec. and Vizier, by his wife, Fahire Hanım. She d.s.p. at İstanbul, 10 October 1978 (bur. Sultan Mahmud II Maus.)

Family Tree
Showing the line of descent from the founder of the Ottoman dynasty to present day through the male descendants of Sultan Murad V