Şehzade Ahmed Nureddin Efendi (; 31 March 1852 – 3 January 1884) was an Ottoman prince, the son of Sultan

Abdulmejid I 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 ...

and one of his consorts

Mahitab Kadın Mahitab Kadın (; 1830 – 1888; meaning "moonlight"), called also Mehtab Kadın, was a consort of Sultan Abdulmejid I of the Ottoman Empire. Life Mahitab married Abdulmejid in 1845. She was given the title of "Second Ikbal". Three years later ...

Early life

Şehzade Ahmed Nureddin was born on 31 March 1852 in the Old Çırağan Palace. His father was Sultan

, son of Sultan

Mahmud II Mahmud II (, ; 20 July 1785 – 1 July 1839) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1808 until his death in 1839. Often described as the "Peter the Great of Turkey", Mahmud instituted extensive administrative, military, and fiscal reforms ...

and

Bezmiâlem Sultan Bezmiâlem Sultan (also spelled Bazimialam, ; 1807 – 2 May 1853), was a consort of Sultan Mahmud II, and Valide sultan to their son, Sultan Abdülmecid I of the Ottoman Empire. Early years Bezmiâlem Kadın, called also Bazimialam, was born in ...

, and his mother was

. Nureddin and his brothers, Princes Mehmed Reşad (future Sultan

Mehmed V Mehmed V Reşâd (; or ; 2 November 1844 – 3 July 1918) was the penultimate List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire, sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1909 to 1918. Mehmed V reigned as a Constitutional monarchy, constitutional monarch. He had ...

), Ahmed Kemaleddin Mehmed Burhaneddin, were circumcised on 9 April 1857 in the Dolmabahçe Palace. After Abdulmejid's death in 1861, Nureddin and his mother settled in the Feriye Palace.

Education and career

In February 1864, Nureddin was enrolled in the

Ottoman Military College The Ottoman Military College or Imperial Military Staff College or Ottoman Army War College ( or ), was a two-year military staff college of the Ottoman Empire. It was located in İstanbul. Its mission was to educate staff officers for the Ott ...

together with his cousin

Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin Efendi (; ; 11 October 1857 – 1 February 1916) was an Ottoman prince, the eldest son of Sultan Abdülaziz and his first consort Dürrinev Kadın. Early life and education Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin was born on 29 Septe ...

. Their tutor was Miralay Süleyman Bey. Another tutor was the future grand vizier Ahmed Mukhtar Pasha. After graduating from the military college on 19 January 1865, Nureddin served in the 5th Division of the 3rd Talia Battalion of the First Army. On 2 July 1866, he was given rank of Senior Captain of the right wing. He, however, later left the army.

Personal life

Nureddin's only wife was Nazlı Emsâl Hanım. She was born in 1852. They married in 1870. She died childless in 1870–1871, and was buried in Yahya Efendi Cemetery. Nureddin like his brothers, Sultan

Murad V Murad V (; ; 21 September 1840 – 29 August 1904) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 30 May to 31 August 1876. The son of Abdulmejid I, he supported the conversion of the government to a constitutional monarchy. His uncle Abdulaziz ...

and Şehzade Ahmed Kemaleddin joined Proodos ("Progress" in Greek) Masonic lodge in 1873. This lodge was founded in the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul in 1867, as an associate of the French lodge “Grand Orient.” The lodge's rituals were conducted in both Turkish and Greek.

Death

Nureddin died of tuberculosis at the age of thirty-one on 3 January 1884, and was buried in

New Mosque, Istanbul The New Mosque (, , originally named the Valide Sultan Mosque, ) and later New Valide Sultan Mosque () after its partial reconstruction and completion between 1660 and 1665, is an Ottoman imperial mosque located in the Eminönü quarter of Ista ...

. His brother, Sultan

Abdul Hamid II Abdulhamid II or Abdul Hamid II (; ; 21 September 184210 February 1918) was the 34th sultan of the Ottoman Empire, from 1876 to 1909, and the last sultan to exert effective control over the fracturing state. He oversaw a Decline and modernizati ...

named one of his sons after him.

Honours

Military appointments

;Military ranks and army appointments *''2 July 1866'': Senior Captain, Ottoman Army

Ancestry

References

Sources

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nureddin, Ahmed 1852 births 1884 deaths Royalty from Istanbul Ottoman princes 19th-century people from the Ottoman Empire Sons of sultans Sons of caliphs