Adile Sultan

Adile Sultan (; 10 February 1887 – 6 December 1973) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Şehzade Mehmed Selaheddin, son of Sultan Murad V. Her mother was Tevhide Zatıgül Hanım.

Early life Adile Sultan was born on 10 February 1887 in the Çırağan Palace. Her father was Şehzade Mehmed Selaheddin, son of Murad V and Reftarıdil Kadın. Her mother was Tevhide Zatıgül Hanım, She had two older full sisters, Celile Sultan and Rukiye Sultan, a younger full brother, Şehzade Mehmed, stillborn, and a younger full sister, Emine Atiye Sultan. She spent her early years in confinement in the Çırağan Palace, which at the time served as a prison for Murad V, deposed in 1876 by his half-brother Abdülhamid II, and his entire family. The confinement ended with Murad V's death in 1904.

Marriages Her first husband was Faik Bey. They married on 15 May 1910 in the Göztepe Palace. They did not have children and divorced in 1913. He was the son of Moralizade Mehmed Ali Bey and Zehra Aliye Hanım. They married on 3 April 1914 in the Göztepe Palace.

Life in exile Upon the exile of the imperial family in March 1924, she and her daughter settled in France, taking up residence in the Mediterranean city of Nice. In 1931, her daughter married Moazzam Jah, younger son of Mir Osman Ali Khan, Nizam of Hyderabad, after which she traveled to India with her to help her settle in. Niloufer divorced Moazzam in 1952, returned to France and shared a flat with Adile in Paris.

Honours Order of Medjidie, Jeweled

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