Damad
Damad (from Persian داماد, ,Son in law'; also extends: Damad-ı Şehriyârî , damad-ı hazreti padişahî ; Today's Turkish spelling: Damat ) was the official title of a man who was married into the family of the Ottoman sultan .
Examples
- Rustem Pasha , married Mihrimah Sultan , daughter of Sultan Suleyman I , in 1539 .
- Enver Pascha , married Emine Naciye Sultan , a granddaughter of Abdülmecid I , in March 1914 .
- Hafız Hakkı Pasha married Behiye Sultan, a granddaughter of Sultan Murad V.
- Damad Ferid Pascha married Mediha Sultan, a daughter of Sultan Abdülmecid I.
- Damad Mahmud Cemaleddin Pascha married Seniha Sultan, a daughter of Sultan Abdülmecid I.
- Ahmed Nami Bey married Ayşe Sultan, a daughter of Sultan Abdülhamid II.
See also
literature
- Olivier Bouquet: The Sultan's Sons-in-Law: Analyzing Ottoman Imperial Damads. In: Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient. Volume 58 (2015), pp. 327-361 ( online , English).