Sultanzade
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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 (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).
Hanımsultan
The feminine equivalent title is hanımsultan (
Examples of Sultanzade
- Abdülmecid I. 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.
- Abdülmecid I.
Examples of Hanımsultan
- Ayşe Hümaşah Sultan (1541 -1598) daughter of Mihrimah Sultan and granddaughter of Süleyman the Magnificent.
- Seniye Hanımsultan (1843-1913) - daughter of Atiye Sultan and granddaughter of Sultan Mahmud II.
- 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.
- Abdülhamid II.
- Adile Sultan and great-granddaughter of Sultan Murad V.
- Selma Hanımsultan (1916-1942) - daughter of Hatice Sultan and granddaughter of Murad V, by marriage Rani of Kodtwara.
- Fatma Ulviye Sultan and granddaughter of Sultan Mehmed VI.
- Abdülmecid I.
- Türkan Hanimsultan (1919-1989) - daughter of Naciye Sultan and great-granddaughter of Sultan Abdülmecid I.
- Abdülmecid II.
See also
References
- ^ El-Messiri, Sawsan (1997). Ibn Al-Balad: A Concept of Egyptian Identity. Brill Publishers.