Sultanzade is an
Ottoman title for sons of
sultana or imperial princesses, female descendants of sovereign in male line. The feminine equivalent is ''hanımsultan''.
Term
Sultan (سلطان) is a word Arabic origin, originally meaning "authority" or "dominion" and ''
-zade'' is a Persian suffix meaning 'son of', 'daughter of', 'descendant of', or 'born of'. Sultanzade literally meaning "descendant of sultan".
Usage in Ottoman family
In Ottoman family, sultanzade used by sons of Ottoman princesses, female descendants of a sovereign in the male line. Different with şehzade, sultanzade excluded from the Ottoman imperial succession.
The formal way of addressing sultanzades are ''Sultanzade'' (given name) ''Bey-Efendi'', i.e. ''Sir'' Prince Sultan (given name).
Bey
Bey ( ota, بك, beğ, script=Arab, tr, bey, az, bəy, tk, beg, uz, бек, kz, би/бек, tt-Cyrl, бәк, translit=bäk, cjs, пий/пек, sq, beu/bej, sh, beg, fa, بیگ, beyg/, tg, бек, ar, بك, bak, gr, μπέης) is ...
(
Ottoman Turkish: باي) is a Turkish title for chieftain, traditionally applied to the leaders (for men) of small tribal groups.
Effendi
Effendi or effendy ( tr, efendi ; ota, افندی, efendi; originally from grc-x-medieval, αφέντης ) is a title of nobility meaning ''sir'', ''lord'' or ''master'', especially in the Ottoman Empire and the Caucasus''.'' The title it ...
, Effendy, or Efendi (
Ottoman Turkish: افندي) is a title of nobility meaning a Lord or Master.
The official style of sons of sultanzades was simply ''bey'', i.e. ''sir'' after their name and daughters of sultanzades was simply ''hanım'', i,e. ''madam'' after their name. This all titles are still used by
Osmanoğlu family
The Osmanoğlu family are the members of the historical House of Osman (the Ottoman dynasty), which was the namesake and sole ruling house of the Ottoman Empire from 1299 until the establishment of the Republic of Turkey in 1923.
There were ...
.
Hanımsultan
The feminine equivalent title is ''hanımsultan'' (
Ottoman Turkish: خانم سلطان), from the title ''hanım'', Turkish form of the Mongolian title ''
khanum
Khanum, Hanum, Khanom, or Khanoum ( kz, Hanym/Ханйм, uz, Xonim/Хоним, az, Xanım, tr, Hanım, fa, خانم, hi, ख़ानुम, bn, খাঁনম/খানম, ar, خانم, ur, خانم, sq, Hanëm) is a female royal and ...
'', feminine equivalent of ''
khan'' or ''
khagan'', with the title ''sultan'', Arabic word originally meaning "authority" or "dominion". ''Hanımsultan'' is title for daughters of
sultana or imperial princesses. The formal way of addressing hanımsultans are (given name) ''Hanımsultan'', i.e. Sultana madam (given name).
Example of sultanzades
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Sultanzade Mehmed Pasha (1 January 1603 – 1646), son of Ayşe Hanım Sultan (a daughter of
Cığalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha
Cığalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha (also known as ''Cağaloğlu Yusuf Sinan Pasha''; 1545–1605), his epithet meaning "son of Cicala", was an Ottoman Italian statesman who held the office of Grand Vizier for forty days between 27 October to 5 De ...
) and great-grandson of
Rüstem Pasha
Rüstem Pasha (; ota, رستم پاشا; 1505 – 10 July 1561) was an Ottoman statesman who served as Grand Vizier to Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent. Rüstem Pasha is also known as Damat Rüstem Pasha (the epithet '' damat'' meaning 'son ...
and
Mihrimah Sultan.
Governor of Egypt (1637 – 1640) and later
Ottoman Grand Vizier (31 January 1644 – 17 December 1645).
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Sultanzade Mehmed Sabâhaddin Bey (13 February 1879 in Istanbul – 30 June 1948 in Neuchâtel, Switzerland), son of
Seniha Sultan
Seniha Sultan ( ota, سنیحه سلطان; "''Pearl''"; 5 December 1851 – 15 September 1931) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Sultan Abdulmejid I and Nalandil Hanım. She was the half-sister of Sultans Murad V, Abdul Hamid II, Mehmed ...
, daughter of
Abdülmecid 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 ...
. Ottoman sociologist and thinker. Because of his threat to the ruling House of Osman (the Ottoman dynasty) in the late 19th and early 20th centuries due to his political activity and push for democracy in the Empire, he was exiled.
* Sultanzade Ömer Nami Bey, son of
Ayşe Sultan, daughter of
Abdülhamid II
Abdülhamid or Abdul Hamid II ( ota, عبد الحميد ثانی, Abd ül-Hamid-i Sani; tr, II. Abdülhamid; 21 September 1842 10 February 1918) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 31 August 1876 to 27 April 1909, and the last sultan to ...
who was known for publishing her memoirs by the name of ''Babam Sultan Abdülhamid'' in 1960
* Sultanzade Maximilian Ali Beyefendi (born London, 15 January 2000), son of Ayşe Gülnev Sultan, great-great-granddaughter of Sultan
Mehmed V
Mehmed V Reşâd ( ota, محمد خامس, Meḥmed-i ḫâmis; tr, V. Mehmed or ; 2 November 1844 – 3 July 1918) reigned as the 35th and penultimate Ottoman Sultan (). He was the son of Sultan Abdulmejid I. He succeeded his half-brother ...
, the 35th Sovereign of the House of Osman
See also
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List of Ottoman titles and appellations
This is a list of titles and appellations used in the Ottoman Empire. In place of surnames, Muslims in the Empire carried titles such as "Sultan", "Pasha", " Hoca", " Bey", " Hanım", " Efendi", etc. These titles either defined their formal profes ...
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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.
Origi ...
References
Ottoman titles
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