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 Sultan (; ', ) is a position with several historical meanings. Originally, it was an Arabic abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", "rulership", derived from the verbal noun ', meaning "authority" or "power". Later, it came to be use ...

(سلطان) is a word of 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 the Ottoman family, sultanzade was used by sons of Ottoman princesses, female descendants of a sovereign in the male line. Different with şehzades, sultanzades were 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).

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: 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

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Hanımsultan

The feminine equivalent title is ''hanımsultan'' (

: خانم سلطان), from the title ''hanım'', Turkish form of the Mongolian title ''

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'', feminine equivalent of '' khan'' or ''

khagan Khagan or Qaghan (Middle Mongol:; or ''Khagan''; ) or zh, c=大汗, p=Dàhán; ''Khāqān'', alternatively spelled Kağan, Kagan, Khaghan, Kaghan, Khakan, Khakhan, Khaqan, Xagahn, Qaghan, Chagan, Қан, or Kha'an is a title of empire, im ...

'', 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).

Examples of Sultanzade

* Sultanzade Mehmed Sabâhaddin Bey (13 February 1879 in Istanbul – 30 June 1948 in Neuchâtel, Switzerland), son of Seniha Sultan, daughter of

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. 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 Ali Bey (1921-1971). Son of Naciye Sultan and great-grandson of Sultan

Examples of Hanımsultan

* Ayşe Hümaşah Sultan (1541 -1598) daughter of Mihrimah Sultan and granddaughter of

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. * Seniye Hanımsultan (1843-1913) - daughter of Atiye Sultan and granddaughter of Sultan

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. * Hayriye Hanımsultan (1846-1869) - daughter of Adile Sultan and granddaughter of Mahmud II. * Feride Hanımsultan (1847-1920) - daughter of Atiye Sultan and granddaughter of Mahmud II. * Adile Hanımsultan (1900-1979) - daughter of Naime Sultan and granddaughter of Sultan Abdülhamid II. * Nilüfer Hanımsultan (1916-1989) - daughter of Adile Sultan and great-granddaughter of Sultan Murad V. * Selma Hanımsultan (1916-1942) - daughter of Hatice Sultan and granddaughter of Murad V, by marriage

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of Kodtwara. * Suade Hümeyra Hanımsultan (1917-2000) - daughter of Fatma Ulviye Sultan and granddaughter of Sultan

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. * Mahpeyker Hanımsultan (1917-2000) - daughter of Naciye Sultan and great-granddaughter of Sultan

. * Türkan Hanimsultan (1919-1989) - daughter of Naciye Sultan and great-granddaughter of Sultan Abdülmecid I. * Sabiha Fazile Hanımsultan (n. 1941) - daughter of Zehra Hanzade Sultan and great-granddaughter of Sultan Mehmed VI and of caliph

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