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August Adelburg | Mecidiye Marşı
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August Adelburg | Mecidiye Marşı
Abdülmecid I of the Ottoman Empire + daughters who survived infancy
Ayasofya'daki en önemli onarımlarından biri Sultan Abdulmecid'in (1839–1861) emri ile 1847–1851 yılları arasında İsviçreli Fossati Kardeşler tarafından yapılmıştır.
A torpedo used by Ottoman submarines Abdul Hamid and Abdulmecid. Above caption reads "Sivarskop Torpidosu" i.e. "A Schwartzkopf Torpedo", in reference to the manufacturer.
can you please explain the sultans nicknames, like "selim the grim" or "selim the blonde"? sorry for the grammar erros!
Hello! You mean all of them? I’m not sure I know them all to be honest.
Murad I was called Murad Hüdavendigâr, which apparently means sovereign in Persian.
Bayezid I was called The Thunderbolt because his army was especially fast and efficient.
Mehmed I was called Çelebi Mehmed, which means the noble born (Çelebi was also the title of princes in the early empire)
Murad II was called The Great, because his reign shaped how the empire would be for centuries
Mehmed II was called The Conqueror because he conquered Constantinople.
Selim I was called The Grim or The Stern because nothing went on in the empire without his knowledge. He, and he alone, made executive decisions.
Süleyman I was called The Lawgiver because he had promulgated a new code of laws for the empire.
Selim II was called The Blond because he had inherited his mother’s fair hair.
Osman II was called The Young because he had only been 14 when he became sultan.
Mustafa I and Ibrahim were called The Mad because of their... madness.
Mehmed IV was called The Hunter because he particularly enjoyed that activity.
Mahmud II was called The Reformer for all the reforms he had implemented
Abdülmecid was called The Great Reformer for the same reason above
Abdülhamid II was called The Damned though not to his face, for his bloody persecutions of Armernians and Greeks.
Other than these nicknames, you often find sultans who are called Gazi, which means warrior. Especially after Süleyman I, those who are called like that are the only ones who went to war and/or conquered something, for example: Murad IV, Mehmed IV, Süleyman II, Ahmed II, Mustafa II, Ahmed III, Mahmud I, Abdülhamid I
On this day, 10 July, in Ottoman history
10 July 1538 - death of Hafsa Sultan: daughter of Selim I, she is also called Hafise in some sources. She married Dukaginzade Ahmed Paşa, who was executed by her own father in Amasya. According to Uluçay, she was married to İskender Bey/Paşa instead. Either way, after the death of her husband, she married Bosnian Mustafa Paşa in 1522. With him she had Sultanzade Osman Bey, later Paşa, who would be known as Kara Osman-şah. Hafsa Sultan died on 10 July 1538 and she was laid to rest in the Selimiye Mosque in Istanbul.
10 July 1780 - birth of Aynışah Sultan: daughter of Abdülhamid I, she died on 11 August of the same year and was buried in the Hamidiye tomb.
10 July 1845 - probable death of Aliye Sultan: daughter of Sultan Abdülmecid and either Şevkefza or Başikbal Nükhetseza Hanım, she was born on 20 October 1842. The other probable date of death is 23 July 1844.
10 July 1887 - birth of İnşirah Hanım: born Seniye in Maşukiye, she was the daughter of Voçibe Aziz Bey. She entered palace service at sixteen as one of the ladies in waiting to Sayeste Hanım, one of Abdülmecid I’s widow, and it was there that the future Mehmed VI Vahideddin caught sight of her. She would be forced to marry him by her family but would bear no children. Depressed and miserable, she would kill herself in Cairo, on 30 June 1930.
10 July 1897 - birth of Hatice Sultan: daughter of Abdülhamid II and Third Ikbal Fatma Pesend Hanımefendi, she died only seven months after her birth. Her father would later build the Şişli Etfâl Hamîdiyye Hospital out of grief.
On this day, 13 July, in Ottoman history
13 July 1628 - wedding of Fatma Sultan and Damad Kara Mustafa Paşa: daughter of Ahmed I and his Haseki Sultan Kösem, this was the princess’ second wedding. It lasted only months, though, because the Paşa was executed in the same year by her brother Murad IV.
13 July 1909 - death of Şehzade Süleyman Efendi: son of Sultan Abdülmecid and Serfiraz Hanım, he had been born in 1860.
13 July 1909 - birth of Şehzade Mehmed Orhan: son of Abdülhamid II’s son Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkadir and his consort Mihriban Hanım, he was born in the mansion of his aunt Naime Sultan. “From 1983 Prince Orhan served as head of the imperial house from his home in France until his death on 12 March 1994 in Nice, where he is buried.” – Douglas Scott Brookes.
13 July 1950 - death of Zekiye Sultan: daughter of Abdülhamid II and his Senior Imperial Consort Bedrifelek Kadın, she was born in Dolmabahçe Palace on 21 January 1872. She had learned how to play the piano from Lombardi Bey. She married Damad Ali Nureddin Paşa on 20 April 1889 and settled down in Ortaköy Palace, where 80 men and 80 women were in their service. When they had to flee to France after the abolition of the empire, the whole family lived in one room in a hotel, which they never paid because the Paşa had been the grandson of Gazi Osman Paşa, a famous statesman. With Ali Nureddin, Zekiye had only one daughter, Farma Aliye Hanımsultan (1891-1972). Zekiye Sultan died in Pau, France, on 13 July 1950 and was buried there; her husband would survive her of two years.
13 July 1968 - death of Mehmed Fehreddin Efendi: grandson of Abdülhamid II through his son Şehzade Mehmed Burhaneddin and his second consort Aliyye Melek Nazlıyâr “Yalçın” Hanımefendi, he was a graduate of the Viennese Theresianum colloge and the Paris Académie des Beaux-Arts.
On this day, 24 June, in Ottoman history
24 June 1758 - wedding of Esma Sultan the elder and Vezir Muhsinzade Mehmed Paşa: her husband was chosen by her brother Mustafa III and the ceremony was held in Kadırga Palace.
24 June 1839 - battle of Nizip: battle between the Ottoman army and Egypt Governor Mehmed Ali (who wanted independence for Egypt from the empire)’s son, Ibrahim Pasha; the Pasha obtained a decisive victory despite Mahmud II’s numerous innovations in the imperial army. “[W]ithin a week Mahmud was dead and his son Abdülmecid was sultan. The Grand Admiral chose this moment to defect to Mehmed Ali, sailing to Alexandria and taking the imperial fleet with him. The new sultan’s government prepared to come to terms.” – Caroline Finkel, Osman’s Dream: the History of the Ottoman Empire
24 June 1918 - Mehmed V’s last Procession to the Noble Mantle: “On the fifteenth of Ramadan the Sultan would proceed in state to Topkapı Palace in order to undertake a ceremonial visit to the Noble Mantle of the Prophet. The Imperial Consorts, adult princesses, princes, ministers of state, and the gentlemen of the Palace Secretariat along with some of their consorts would also attend. As a rule the ladies wore the yaşmak when participating in this state occasion. During the visit to the Noble Mantle, hâfızes of pleasing voice chanted the Holy Quran while incense burners dispensed delightful scents throughout the rooms. The Padishah took up his position beside a rather high table upon which rested the Noble Mantle, wrapped inside a cloth. Then all present filed past Sultan Reşad one at a time, in order of rank, beginning with the Heir to the Throne, followed by the princes, the great men of the ulema, the ministers of state, the gentlemen of the Palace Secretariat, and the gentlemen of the imperial court. After this the ladies filed past the monarch, beginning with the Imperial Consorts, followed by the adult princesses, the consorts of the princes, the high-ranking ustas and kalfas of the palace, the wives of invited ministers of state, and the wives of some of the gentlemen of the Palace Secretariat. As they passed him the monarch touched the blessed wrapped bundle on the table with a section of muslin cloth inscribed along its edges, then personally handed the section of muslin to each person.” – Douglas Scott Brookes, The Concubine, the Princess, and the Teacher