Hanzade Sultan

Zehra Hanzade Sultan 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. Her mother was Sabiha Sultan, daughter of Sultan Mehmed VI and Nazikeda Kadın.

Early life Zehra Hanzade Sultan was born on 12 September 1923 in the Dolmabahçe Palace, nearly a year after the abolition of the Ottoman Empire. Her father was Şehzade Ömer Faruk, and her mother was Sabiha Sultan. Seven months later, due to the high cost of living there, her parents, sisters and grandparents moved to Nice, France where she spent her childhood. Fazile later married Hayri Ürgüplu in Paris, France, on 10 December 1965, the son of Suat Hayri Ürgüplü, who served as Turkey's Prime Minister for seven months. Hanzade lived in Egypt until 1952, the Egyptian revolution of 1952 took place on 23 July 1952, and Egypt was proclaimed as a Republic, Hanzade and her family were exiled. At that moment they were in Paris, France, where they had lived for a few years and where they decided to stay and also hosted Hanzade's mother, Sabiha, for a few months. Hanzade spent her winter in Paris, and her summers in Kuşadası and Istanbul, she stayed at the Kuşadası Kısmet Hotel, which he ran alongside Halil Özbaş, the husband of her cousin Hümeyra Hanımsultan. Princess Sabiha Fazile Ibrahim Hanımsultan (8 August 1941 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France – 27 September 2024 in Istanbul ). She was asked in marriage by Faisal II of Iraq, but he died in a rebellion two weeks before the marriage. Later, she married and had two sons. Prince Sultanzade Ahmed Rifat Ibrahim Bey (31 August 1942 – 2 November 2011 ). Born in Cairo. On 26 June 1969 he married Emine Ushakligil, without issue.

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