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Esma Sultan ( ota, اسما سلطان; "''sublim''"; 21 March 1873 – 7 May 1899) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Sultan Abdulaziz and
Gevheri Kadın Gevheri Kadın ( ota, کوهری قادین, "''gem''"; 8 July 1856 – 6 September 1884), born Emine Hanim, was a consort of Sultan Abdulaziz of the Ottoman Empire. Life Gevheri Kadın was born on 8 July 1856. She was Abkhazian, daughter of ...
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Early life

Esma Sultan was born on 21 March 1873 in the
Dolmabahçe Palace Dolmabahçe Palace ( tr, Dolmabahçe Sarayı, ) located in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul, Turkey, on the European coast of the Bosporus strait, served as the main administrative center of the Ottoman Empire from 1856 to 1887 and from 1909 t ...
. Her father was Abdulaziz, son of
Mahmud II Mahmud II ( ota, محمود ثانى, Maḥmûd-u s̠ânî, tr, II. Mahmud; 20 July 1785 – 1 July 1839) was the 30th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1808 until his death in 1839. His reign is recognized for the extensive administrative, ...
and
Pertevniyal Sultan ota, پرتو نهال سلطان , birth_name = , birth_date = 1810 ¿Romania, Circassia or Kurdistan? , birth_place = , death_date = , death_place = Ortaköy Palace, Ortaköy, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (present day Istanbu ...
. Her mother was
Gevheri Kadın Gevheri Kadın ( ota, کوهری قادین, "''gem''"; 8 July 1856 – 6 September 1884), born Emine Hanim, was a consort of Sultan Abdulaziz of the Ottoman Empire. Life Gevheri Kadın was born on 8 July 1856. She was Abkhazian, daughter of ...
. She was the eldest child of her mother. She was the elder full sister of
Şehzade Mehmed Seyfeddin Şehzade Mehmed Seyfeddin ( ota, شهزاده محمد سیف الدین; 21 September 1874 – 19 October 1927) was an Ottoman prince, the son of Sultan Abdulaziz and Gevheri Kadın. Early life Şehzade Mehmed Seyfeddin was born on 21 Septembe ...
. Her father, Abdulaziz was deposed by his ministers on 30 May 1876, his nephew
Murad V Murad V ( ota, مراد خامس, translit=Murâd-ı ḫâmis; tr, V. Murad; 21 September 1840 – 29 August 1904) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire who reigned from 30 May to 31 August 1876. The son of Abdulmejid I, he supported the ...
became the Sultan. He was transferred to
Feriye Palace The Feriye Palace ( tr, Feriye Sarayı) is a complex of Ottoman imperial palace buildings along the European shoreline of the Bosphorus strait in Istanbul, Turkey. Currently, the buildings host educational institutions such as a high school and a ...
the next day. Abdulaziz's entourage didn't wanted to leave the Dolmabahçe Palace, so they were grabbed by the hand and were sent out to the Feriye Palace. In the process, they were searched from head to toe and everything of value was taken from them. On 4 June 1876, Abdulaziz died under mysterious circumstances. Esma, who was three years old at that time, grew up under the supervision of her elder half-brother, the crown prince
Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin ( ota, شهزادہ یوسف عزالدین; 29 September 1857 – 1 February 1916) was an Ottoman prince, the eldest son of Sultan Abdulaziz and his first wife Dürrünev Kadın. Early life and education Şehzade Yusuf ...
. She had slanting eyebrows, big black eyes, a long face, white skin, and short hair, and was tall. She began her education at the
Ihlamur Pavilion Ihlamur Palace ( tr, Ihlamur Kasrı), is a former imperial Ottoman summer pavilion located in Istanbul, Turkey. It was constructed during the reign of Sultan Abdülmecid I Abdulmejid I ( ota, عبد المجيد اول, ʿAbdü'l-Mecîd-i evve ...
, in 1879, along with her brothers,
Şehzade Mehmed Seyfeddin Şehzade Mehmed Seyfeddin ( ota, شهزاده محمد سیف الدین; 21 September 1874 – 19 October 1927) was an Ottoman prince, the son of Sultan Abdulaziz and Gevheri Kadın. Early life Şehzade Mehmed Seyfeddin was born on 21 Septembe ...
and
Şehzade Mehmed Şevket Şehzade Mehmed Şevket (; 10 June 1869 – 22 October 1899) was an Ottoman prince, the son of Sultan Abdulaziz and Nesrin Kadın. Early life Şehzade Mehmed Şevket was born on 10 June 1869 in the Dolmabahçe Palace. His father was Abdulaziz, ...
, and Sultan Abdul Hamid II's children,
Şehzade Mehmed Selim Şehzade Mehmed Selim ( ota, شہزادہ محمد سلیم; 11 January 1870 – 5 May 1937) was an Ottoman prince, the eldest son of Sultan Abdul Hamid II and his wife Bedrifelek Kadın. Early life Şehzade Mehmed Selim was born on 11 Janua ...
and
Zekiye Sultan ota, زکیه سلطان , death_place = Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France , burial_date = , burial_place = Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France , spouse = , issue = , house = Ottoman , house-type = Dynasty , f ...
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Marriage

In 1889 Sultan Abdul Hamid II arranged her trousseaux and marriage together with her two sisters, princesses Saliha Sultan and
Nazime Sultan Nazime Sultan ( ota, ناظمه سلطان; "''clouds''" or "''poetic''"; 25 February 1867 – 9 November 1947) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Ottoman Sultan Abdulaziz and Hayranidil Kadın. Early life Nazime Sultan was born on 25 Feb ...
. On 20 April 1889 at the age of sixteen, she married Kabasakal Çerkes Mehmed Pasha in the
Yıldız Palace Yıldız Palace ( tr, Yıldız Sarayı, ) is a vast complex of former imperial Ottoman pavilions and villas in Istanbul, Turkey, built in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was used as a residence by the sultan and his court in the late 19th ...
. He was the widower of Sultan
Abdulmejid I Abdulmejid I ( ota, عبد المجيد اول, ʿAbdü'l-Mecîd-i evvel, tr, I. Abdülmecid; 25 April 182325 June 1861) was the 31st Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and succeeded his father Mahmud II on 2 July 1839. His reign was notable for the r ...
's daughter Naile Sultan and he was twenty years older than her. To marry Esma he divorced by his second wife, a foreign woman, who he was married after Naile's death. She moved in her palace known as "
Esma Sultan Mansion The Esma Sultan Mansion ( tr, Esma Sultan Yalısı), a historical yalı located on the Bosphorus in the Ortaköy neighborhood of Istanbul, Turkey and named after its original owner Princess Esma Sultan, is used today as a cultural center after ...
", in which Mehmed Pasha and Naile Sultan previously lived. In 1890, a year after the marriage, she gave birth to her first child, Sultanzade Hasan Bedreddin Bey (died 1909) in 1892 to her second child, Sultanzade Hüseyin Hayreddin Bey (died 1987), in 1894 to her third child, Mihriban Hanımsultan, who died in infancy, and on 14 June 1895 to her fourtg child, Sultanzade Saadeddin Mehmed Bey (died 1976), and in 1899 her fifth and last child, Sultanzade Abdüllah (stillbirth).


Death

Esma Sultan died of childbirth on 7 May 1899 at the age of twenty-six and was buried in the mausoleum of imperial ladies at New Mosque,
Eminönü Eminönü is a predominantly commercial waterfront area of Istanbul within the Fatih district near the confluence of the Golden Horn with the southern entrance of the Bosphorus strait and the Sea of Marmara. It is connected to Karaköy (historic G ...
,
Istanbul ) , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = 34000 to 34990 , area_code = +90 212 (European side) +90 216 (Asian side) , registration_plate = 34 , blank_name_sec2 = GeoTLD , blank_i ...
. After her death, Sultan Abdülhamid II decided to get Hatice Sultan, daughter of Sultan
Murad V Murad V ( ota, مراد خامس, translit=Murâd-ı ḫâmis; tr, V. Murad; 21 September 1840 – 29 August 1904) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire who reigned from 30 May to 31 August 1876. The son of Abdulmejid I, he supported the ...
married to her husband, Mehmed Pasha. However, the marriage never took place.


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Ancestry


See also

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Esma Sultan Mansion The Esma Sultan Mansion ( tr, Esma Sultan Yalısı), a historical yalı located on the Bosphorus in the Ortaköy neighborhood of Istanbul, Turkey and named after its original owner Princess Esma Sultan, is used today as a cultural center after ...
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List of Ottoman princesses ''Sultan'' (Ottoman Turkish:سلطان) and ''Hatun'' ( Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠲᠤᠨ хатан; Old Turkic: 𐰴𐰍𐰣, romanized: ''katun''; Ottoman Turkish: خاتون, romanized: ''hatun'' or قادین romanized: ''kadın''; Persian: خاتو ...


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