Şehzade Mehmed Nizameddin Efendi (; 18 December 1908 – 19 March 1933) was an Ottoman prince, the son of

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 ...

and the grandson of Sultan

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Biography

Şehzade Mehmed Nizameddin was born on 18 December 1908 in the Beşiktaş Palace. His father was

, son of Sultan

and Dürrünev Kadın and his mother was Leman Hanım, a Circassian. He had two sisters,

Şükriye Sultan Hatice Şükriye Sultan (; "''respectful lady''" and "''grateful''"; 24 February 1906 – 1 April 1972) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of heir to the throne Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin, son of Sultan Abdulaziz, and Leman Hanım. Early life Ş ...

, two years older than him and Mihrişah Sultan, seven years younger than him. He was the third child and second son of his father, and the second child of his mother. After his father committed suicide in 1916, he and his mother and sisters resided as a guest in Dolmabahçe Palace for four months as she sought the distribution of the estate of the late prince from Sultan

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. He was educated at the princes school. By 1918 he was serving in the Ottoman army as sergeant in the unit of Infantry, a part of the second general staff. At the exile of the imperial family in March 1924, Nizameddin and his sister Mihrişah settled in Romania. In exile, Nizameddin led an unhealthy lifestyle which made him ill, after which his mother came to stay with him for a while. On the other hand, his sister Şükriye took Mihrişah with her to

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. He had begun drinking and had tuberculosis. At the doctor's recommendation, Nizameddin went to

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, for treatment in 1931. However, by this time his disease had become incurable.

Osman Fuad Osman is the Persian and Turkish transliteration and derived from the Arabic masculine given name Uthman ( ''‘uthmān'') or an English surname. Osman or Osmans may refer to: People * Osman (name), people with the name and surname * Osman I (1 ...

came to see him in Switzerland. Nizameddin died on 19 March 1933, and Osman Fuad carried his body to Cairo, Egypt, where he was buried. On 16 August 1967, he was reburied in the mausoleum of his great grandfather Sultan

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located in Divanyolu,

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Honours

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Military appointments

Military ranks and army appointments

*'' 1918'': Sergeant in the Infantry, Ottoman Army

Ancestry

References

Sources

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sehzade Mehmed Nizameddin 1909 births 1933 deaths 20th-century Ottoman royalty Royalty from Istanbul