Adila Khanum (1879 – July 1929) was a Turkish woman who was the third spouse of Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca and then, King of Hejaz between 1916 and 1924.

Biography

Adila Hanum was born in

Constantinople la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه , alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth (Old Norse), Tsargrad ( Slavic), Qustantiniya ( Arabic), Basileuousa ("Queen of Cities"), Megalopolis ( ...

1879. She was a daughter of Salah Bey and a granddaughter of Mustafa Rashid Pasha, sometime Grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire. In 1895 she married Hussein bin Ali when he was in exile in Constantinople. She was the third spouse of Hussein bin Ali. They had two children: Prince Zeid and Princess Sara. Their son, Prince Zaid, married Turkish painter Fahrunissa Zeid. Through Adila Khanum's father Hussein bin Ali developed close relations with the leading figures of Ittihat ve Terakki Cemiyeti during his exile in Constantinople until 1908 when he was appointed Sharif of Mecca. Adila Khanum together with Princess Sara and Princess Saliha, daughter of Hussein bin Ali with his second wife, Mediha, accompanied her husband in his exile to Cyprus in 1925. She died at age 50 in

Larnaca, Cyprus Larnaca ( el, Λάρνακα ; tr, Larnaka) is a city on the south east coast of Cyprus and the capital of the district of the same name. It is the third-largest city in the country, after Nicosia and Limassol, with a metro population of 14 ...

, in July 1929 and buried there at the Hala Sultan, Umm Haram, Tekke. Following her death Hussein bin Ali's mental and physical health became much worse, and he died in 1931.

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