Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkadir
| Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkadir شہزارہ محمد عبدلقادر | |||||
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| Colonel in the Ottoman Army | |||||
| Born |
16 January 1878 Dolmabahçe Palace, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire | ||||
| Died |
16 March 1944 Sofia, Bulgaria | ||||
| Burial | Sofia, Bulgaria | ||||
| Spouse |
Mislimelek Hanım Sühendan Hanım Mihriban Hanım Meziyet Hanım Macide Hanım Irene Hanım | ||||
| Issue |
Şehzade Mehmed Orhan Şehzade Ertuğrul Necib Şehzade Alaeddin Kadir Bidar Sultan Safvet Neslişah Sultan Şehzade Osman | ||||
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| House | Imperial House of Osman | ||||
| Father | Sultan Abdul Hamid II | ||||
| Mother | Bidar Kadın | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkadir (Ottoman Turkish: شہزادہ محمد عبدلقادر; 16 January 1878 - 16 March 1944) was an Ottoman prince, the son of Sultan Abdul Hamid II and his wife Empress Bidar Kadın.
| Imperial Ottoman Dynasty | |
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| Country | Ottoman Empire |
| Founded | 1299 |
| Founder | Osman I |
| Dissolution | 1922 |
Life
Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkadir was born on 16 January 1878 in the Dolmabahçe Palace. His mother was Empress Bidar Kadın. He was educated privately. His circumcision took place in 1890. He was also appointed Colonel of Cavalry Ertuğrul Regiment of Imperial Guards, Ottoman Army. He was a pianist and violonist. In 1909 after the overthrow of Abdul Hamid in 1909, Abdülkadir followed him to Selonica, and returned to Istanbul the next year. Between 1909 and 1924 he was living in the Kızıltoprak Palace and Büyükdere waterfront Palace. After the empire and the caliphate dissolved in 1924, the Ottoman family went into exile. Mehmed Abdülkadir went first to Budapest, Hungary, and later went to Sofia, Bulgaria. He died on 16 March 1944, and was buried there.[1][2]
Family
He married six times:
- HIH Princess Mislimelek Hanım, (née Pakize Marşania, Sivas, c. 1883 – Bierut, Lebanon, 1955), married Istanbul, Yıldız Palace, in 1898, niece of Empress Nazikeda Kadın, consort of Sultan Mehmed VI and Princess Eryale Hanım, consort of Şehzade Mehmed Selim, and daughter of Prince Abdülkadir Bey Maşan and Princess Mevlüde Hanım İnalipa, and had:
- A son.
- HIH Princess Sühendan Hanım (born Tokat), married at Istanbul, Yıldız Palace, and divorced in 1906, without issue.
- HIH Princess Mihriban Hanım (Istanbul, 18 May 1890 – Cairo, Egypt 1956), married at Istanbul, Yıldız Palace, on 6 June 1907 and later separated, and had:
- HIH Prince Șehzade Mehmed Orhan;
- HIH Princess Macide Hanım (née Hadice, Adapazarı, 14 September 1899 – Vienna, 10 October 1934 and buried there), at Kızıltoprak, Asia Minor, on 1 June 1913 daughter of Mustafa Şerif Bey, Colonel in the Imperial Ottoman Army, and had:
- HIH Prince Şehzade Ertughrul Necib (Kızıltoprak, Asia Minor, 15 March 1915 – Vienna, 7 February 1994), married in Vienna on 14 August 1946 to Austrian HIH Princess Gertrude Emilia "Tengler" Hanım (Vienna, born 25 May 1926), and had issue.
- HIH Princess Meziyet Hanım (née Fatma, Crete, 17 February 1902 – Istanbul, 13 November 1989, buried in Karacaahmet Cemetery), married at Kızıltoprak, Asia Minor, on 5 February 1916, daughter of Mecid Bey, Colonel in the Imperial Ottoman Army, and had:
- HIH Prince Şehzade Alaeddin Kadir (Kızıltoprak, Asia Minor, 2 January 1917 – Sofia, 26 November 1999), Titular Crown Prince of Turkey from 1994 to 1999, married to HIH Princess Lydia "Dimitrova" Hanım, and had issue.
- HIH Princess Bidar Sultan (Kızıltoprak, Asia Minor, 3 January 1924 - Pest, Budapest, Hungary, 8 March 1924, buried in Gül Baba Shrine)
- HIH Princess Safvet Neslișah Sultan (Budapest, Hungary, 25 December 1925 - Istanbul, 30 May 2014, buried in Karacaahmet Cemetery), married firstly at Cairo, Egypt, in 1953 and divorced in 1969 to HIH Damad Avni Bey Șirin, son of Riza Bey Șirin, married secondly in 1970 to Damad Mehmed Șefik Ziya Bey (1894 - 1970), and had issue.
- HIH Princess Irene "Mer" Hanım, married at Budapest on 4 July 1924, and had:
Title, style and honours
m Devletlü Necabetlü Şehzade-i Civanbaht Sultan Mehmed Abdülkadir Efendi Hazretleri (The Illustarious, Noble, Prosperous Prince His Imperial Highness Sultan Mehmed Abdülkadir; دولتلو نجابتلو شہزادہ جوان بخت سلطان محمد عبدلقادر افندی حضرتلری)
Ottoman orders and decorations:
- Collar of the Hanedan-i Ali Osman
Nishan-i Ali Imtiaz
Foreign orders and decorations:
Grand Cross Order of Leopold of Austria (1905) 
Grand Cross Order of the Red Eagle of Prussia (1906)
Knight, 1st class Order of Franz Joseph of Austria (1895)
References
- ↑ Genealogy Of The Imperial Ottoman Family (2005)
- ↑ Yılmaz Öztuna (2008). II. Abdülhamîd: zamânı ve şahsiyeti. Kubbealti Publishing. pp. 232–33. ISBN 978-97564-446-27.
External links
- "Ottoman Family". Official website of the immediate living descendants of the Ottoman Dynasty. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
- "Genealogy of the Ottoman Family". Retrieved 19 August 2008.
- Family Tree, descendants of Sultan Mahmud II. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
