Şehzade Mehmed Seyfeddin Efendi
Şehzade Mehmed Seyfeddin Efendi (born September 22, 1874 in Istanbul , † November 19, 1927 in Nice ) was the youngest son of Sultan Abdülaziz and Gevherî Vâlide Sultan. He was also a famous composer of Turkish palace music and one of the last masters of the Mahya .
Life
He was born during his father's reign and grew up in the Feriye Palace . He later received military training in the Navy and rose to the rank of ferik . He was awarded three medals, the Hânedân-ı Âl-i Osmân , the Murassa 'Osmânî and the Murassa' Mecîdî .
He was well known as a composer of Turkish palace music. One of his teachers was Cemil Bey . He played the instruments Kanun , Piano Kemençe , Tambur and is considered one of the most famous composers of the Ottoman dynasty after Selim III. The genres he composed included peşrev , semâi , march , longa , lieder and İlahi . His daughter Fatma Gevherî (1904–1980) and his sons Şehzade Mehmed Abdülaziz, Mahmud Şevket ve Ahmed Tevhid also received musical training.
In addition to his musical hobby, he was a skilled mahya master and was one of the few professionals in Istanbul to climb the minarets while breaking the fast, to light the candles in the lanterns with an extended torch or to fill the oil supplies with an extended arm. The pictures he painted, however, are hardly known.
He left the country with the abolition of the Sultanate in 1924 and died three years later in French exile. He was buried in the Tekkiye Süleymans in Damascus .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nuri Özcan: Şehzade Seyfeddin Efendi Islam Ansiklopedisi, 2009, Volume 37, Pages 30-31
- ↑ Murat Bardakci: Mahyacılığın son büyük üstâdı , habertürk, July 24, 2012, accessed on June 30, 2014 Weblink [1]
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Şehzade Mehmed Seyfeddin Efendi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Son of Sultan Abdülaziz and Gevherî Vâlide Sultan |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 22, 1874 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Istanbul |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 19, 1927 |
| Place of death | Nice |