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Şehsuvar Hanım (Ottoman Turkish: شهسوار خانم; 2 May 1881 – 1945; meaning "intrepid heroine"), called also Şehsuvar Kadın, was the first consort of Abdulmejid II, the last Caliph of the Ottoman Caliphate.
Zehra Hanzade Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: زهرة هان زاده سلطان, "shining" and "descendant of the Khan", called also Hanzade Osmanoğlu; 12 September 1923 – 19 March 1998) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Şehzade Ömer Faruk, the son of the last caliph, Abdulmejid II, and Şehsuvar Hanım.
Şehsuvar Hanım, the prince's mother called on Nazikeda, and succeeded in convincing her. The marriage took place on 29 April 1920, in the pavilion of the sacred relics, Topkapı Palace. The marriage was performed by Şeyhülislam Hayrizade Ibrahim Efendi.
Şehsuvar Hanım, called also Şehsuvar Kadın, was the first consort of Abdulmejid II, the last Caliph of the Ottoman Caliphate.
His paintings of the Harem, showing a modern musical gathering, and of his wife, Şehsuvar Hanım, reading Goethe's novel Faust, express the influence of western Europe in his elite circle. These were displayed at a 1918 exhibition of Ottoman paintings in Vienna.
- Turkish
- May 29, 1868
- Istanbul, Turkey
- August 23, 1944
Zehra Hanzade Sultan was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Şehzade Ömer Faruk, the son of the last caliph, Abdulmejid II, and Şehsuvar Hanım. Her mother was Sabiha Sultan, daughter of Sultan Mehmed VI and Nazikeda Kadın.
Dec 7, 2014 · English: Circassian Şehsuvar Kadınefendi (2 May 1881 – c. 1945) was the first wife of Abdulmejid II, the last Caliph of the Muslim world, and the mother of Şehzade Ömer Faruk Efendi of the Ottoman Empire.
