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Şehsuvar Hanım (; 2 May 1881 – 1945; meaning "intrepid heroine"), called also Şehsuvar Kadın, was the first consort of
Abdulmejid was interested in classical music. At times, he would perform with his wives, and the kalfas. He would be at the piano, Şehsuvar and Mehisti Hanım would play the violin, and Hayrünisa Hanim the cello.
At the exile of the imperial family, in March 1924, she followed her husband, firstly to
In an 1898 work by Abdulmejid, ''Pondering/Goethe in the harem'', Şehsuvar is shown reclining on a settee. However, according to an interview with Fatma Neslişah Osmanoğlu on 26 May 2002, she said that the figure does not resemble her paternal grandmother Sehsuvar Hanım. However, it must be said that Neslişah was born in 1921, almost twenty-five years after the date of the painting, and her memories of her grandmother are at least another fifteen years later. In another work of 1915, ''Harmony of the Harem/Beethoven in the Harem'', by her husband, she is shown playing a violin.
Abdulmejid II ʻAbd al-Majīd (ALA-LC romanization of , ), also spelled as Abd ul Majid, Abd ul-Majid, Abd ol Majid, Abd ol-Majid, and Abdolmajid, is a Muslim male given name and, in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and ''al-Maj ...
, the last Caliph of the Ottoman Caliphate
The Ottoman Caliphate () was the claim of the heads of the Turkish Ottoman dynasty, rulers of the Ottoman Empire, to be the caliphs of Islam during the Late Middle Ages, late medieval and Early Modern period, early modern era.
Ottoman rulers ...
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Life
Of Turkish and Ubykh origin, Şehsuvar Hanım was born in 1881. She married Abdulmejid, at the age of fifteen, on 22 December 1896. Şehzade Ömer Faruk, the couple's only son was born on 29 February 1898. In 1920, Şehsuvar helped her son obtain permission from his uncleMehmed VI
Mehmed VI Vahideddin ( ''Meḥmed-i sâdis'' or ''Vaḥîdü'd-Dîn''; or /; 14 January 1861 – 16 May 1926), also known as ''Şahbaba'' () among the Osmanoğlu family, was the last sultan of the Ottoman Empire and the penultimate Ottoman Cal ...
to marry his daughter Sabiha Sultan
Rukiye Sabiha Sultan (; "''charm''" and "''morning''" or "''beautiful''"; after 1952 Sabiha Osmanoğlu; 19 March 1894 – 26 August 1971) was an Ottoman Empire, Ottoman princess, the third and last daughter of Sultan Mehmed VI and his first wife ...
, which Mehmed had initially refused. Şehsuvar spoke to Sabiha's mother, Nazikeda Kadın, and together they obtained consent. The wedding was held on 29 April 1920.
Abdulmejid was interested in classical music. At times, he would perform with his wives, and the kalfas. He would be at the piano, Şehsuvar and Mehisti Hanım would play the violin, and Hayrünisa Hanim the cello.
At the exile of the imperial family, in March 1924, she followed her husband, firstly to Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...
and then to France where they settled in Nice
Nice ( ; ) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly one millionNecla Sultan
Necla Hibetullah ''Sultan'' (, "''feminine''" and "''gift of Allah''"; also Necla Osmanoğlu, 16 May 1926 – 6 October 2006) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter Şehzade Ömer Faruk, the son of the last caliph, Abdulmejid II, and Şehsuvar Ha ...
. Indeed, Behzade Kalfa could not stand her and continually tried to instigate Necla against her. Åžehsuvar could speak French, and could understand English.
In paintings
In an 1898 work by Abdulmejid, ''Pondering/Goethe in the harem'', Şehsuvar is shown reclining on a settee. However, according to an interview with Fatma Neslişah Osmanoğlu on 26 May 2002, she said that the figure does not resemble her paternal grandmother Sehsuvar Hanım. However, it must be said that Neslişah was born in 1921, almost twenty-five years after the date of the painting, and her memories of her grandmother are at least another fifteen years later. In another work of 1915, ''Harmony of the Harem/Beethoven in the Harem'', by her husband, she is shown playing a violin.
Death
She died in 1945, having outlived her husband by nearly one year, and was buried in the Muslim Bobigny cemetery in Paris.Issue
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