Dürrüşehvar Sultan
Dürrüşehvar ( Ottoman خدیجه خیریه عائشه درشهوار سلطان Turkish Hatice Hayriye Ayşe Dürrüşehvar Sultan ; January 26, 1914 - February 7, 2006 ) was the daughter of Abdülmecid II from the Ottoman dynasty , the last recognized heir to the imperial Ottoman throne and the last caliph of the Muslim world . She carried the titles of Princess of Berar by marriage and Imperial Princess of the Ottoman Empire by birth before the abolition of the monarchy in 1922.
title
Her full title was Her Imperial and Illustrious Highness, Princess Hatice Hayriye Ayse Durrusehvar Sultana, Imperial Princess of the Ottoman Empire, Princess of Berar .
Life
youth
The princess was born in Uskudar , Istanbul when the Ottoman Empire was going through its final phase. Her father, Caliph Abdulmecid II, went into exile in Paris after Mustafa Kemal Ataturk's abolition of the caliphate in 1924 .
marriage
After the family was exiled to France in 1924, she was chosen by the Shah of Persia and King Fuad I of Egypt as the bride for their respective heirs Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and Faruq and by Prince Azam Jah (1907-1970), the eldest son and heir of the last nizam of Hyderabad state Osman Ali Khan ( Asaf Jah VII. ). On November 12, 1931 Dürrüşehvar married Prince Azam Jah in Nice . Her first cousin Princess Niloufer were married to Prince Moazzam Jah, the second son of the Nizam.
The wedding of the princess was staged in southern France by Maulana Shaukat Ali, brother of Maulana Muhammad Ali Johar, the leader of the Khilafat movement in India .
It was believed at the time that a marriage alliance between the Nizam, the richest ruler in the world at the time, and the deposed caliph would lead to the emergence of a Muslim ruler who might appear acceptable to the world powers in place of the Ottoman sultan . Princess Durru, whose father was raised by a sideline of the Ottoman monarchy and deeply interested in modernization reforms, believed in modern education for women, including his wives and daughter, who became a popular figure in public life upon their arrival in Hyderabad. She believed that women should be able to earn a living and helped eradicate the practice of segregation.
Next life
The couple had sons Prince Mukarram Jah in 1933 and Prince Muffakham Jah in 1939. She took care of her upbringing, the two princes started school in Great Britain and married Turkish ladies. The final nizam later passed his own son over and nominated their first son and grandson as his successor.
The princess became the first woman to inaugurate an airport when she opened the one in Hyderabad in the 1940s. She was also credited with opening the Osmania Hospital. She set up the Durru Shehvar Children's and General Hospital for women and children in the old city of Hyderabad . She also opened the famous Ajmal Khan Tibbiya University Hospital in Aligarh Muslim University in 1939 . Her last public appearance in town was when she presided over the museum's opening ceremony for the silver anniversary of the Nizam in 2000. She last visited Hyderabad in 2004.
She was angry at the attitude of the Turkish government towards her family members after the proclamation of the republic. Despite being a member of the Ottoman royal family, she refused to be buried in Turkey because the Turkish government was upset that the Turkish government refused to bury her father in Istanbul in 1944.
She divided her time mainly between Hyderabad and London , where she died in the presence of her two sons.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ottoman padişahların eşleri
- ^ When marriage brought continents closer
- ↑ İbrahim Doğan: Türkiye'de gömülmek istemedi . Aksiyon. Dosyalar (584), February 13-19, 2006.
- ↑ Deccan Chronice: Princess Durru dead
- ↑ Nizam's daughter-in-law passes away . NewKerala.com
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Dürrüşehvar Sultan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dürrüsehvar Sultan; Hatce Hayriye Ayşe Dürrüşehvar Sultana |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Daughter of Abdulmecid II. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 26, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Uskudar , Istanbul |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 7, 2006 |
| Place of death | London |