Behiye Sultan

Behiye Sultan (; 29 September 1881 – 5 March 1948) was the eldest surviving daughter of Şehzade Mehmed Selaheddin (1861–1915), who was the son of Ottoman Sultan Murad V (reigned 1876). Her mother was Naziknaz Hanım.

Early years Behiye Sultan was born on 29 September 1881 in the Çırağan Palace. Her father was Şehzade Mehmed Selaheddin, son of Murad V and Reftarıdil Kadın and her mother was Naziknaz Hanım. She had a brother, Şehzade Ahmed Nihad, two years younger than her, and a younger sister, Behice Sultan, stillbirth.

Behiye married Hafız Hakkı Pasha (1878-1915), a general in the imperial Ottoman army, in a double wedding with her sister Rukiye Sultan. The marriage contract was concluded at the Ortaköy Palace on 17 February 1910. The wedding took place on 12 January 1911 at the Vasıf Pasha Palace, and the couple was given one of the palaces of Ortaköy as their residence. She remained childless. She did not remarry after her husband's death in 1915.

Death She died on 5 March 1948 in her home in Maadi, Cairo, Egypt,

Honours Order of the Medjidie, Jeweled Order of Charity, 1st Class

In literature Behiye Sultan is a character in Ayşe Osmanoğlu's historical novel The Gilded Cage on the Bosphorus (2020).

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