Şehzade Abdullah (c. 1523–1526) was an Ottoman prince (
şehzade
''Şehzade'' ( fa, شهزاده) is the Ottoman form of the Persian title '' Shahzadeh'', and refers to the male descendants of an Ottoman sovereign in the male line. This title is equivalent to " prince of the blood imperial" in English.
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), as the son of
Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent
Suleiman I ( ota, سليمان اول, Süleyman-ı Evvel; tr, I. Süleyman; 6 November 14946 September 1566), commonly known as Suleiman the Magnificent in the West and Suleiman the Lawgiver ( ota, قانونى سلطان سليمان, Ḳ ...
. He is generally understood to be the son of
Hurrem Sultan
Hurrem Sultan (, ota, خُرّم سلطان, translit=Ḫurrem Sulṭān, tr, Hürrem Sultan, label= Modern Turkish; 1500 – 15 April 1558), also known as Roxelana ( uk, Роксолана}; ), was the chief consort and legal wife of the Ottom ...
,
as Suleiman and Hurrem were in a monogamous relationship by the time of his birth.
He was born in either 1523 or 1526 in
Topkapi Palace, the
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...
and died due to a disease, possibly smallpox, in
Istanbul
)
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, postal_code = 34000 to 34990
, area_code = +90 212 (European side) +90 216 (Asian side)
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.
His date of death is not recorded, however he is believed by historians to have died while still a toddler.
Although sometimes popularly considered, current historians believe he was not
Mihrimah Sultan's twin as it is likely their births happened years apart.
References
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1520s births
1525 deaths
Sons of Ottoman sultans
Suleiman the Magnificent