Necla Sultan

Necla Hibetullah Sultan (; also Necla Osmanoğlu, 16 May 1926 – 6 October 2006) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter 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 Necla Sultan was born on 16 May 1926 in Nice, France. Her father was Şehzade Ömer Faruk, son of Abdulmejid II and Şehsuvar Hanım, and her mother was Sabiha Sultan, daughter of Mehmed VI and Nazikeda Kadın. She was the youngest child of her parents. She had two sisters, Neslişah Sultan, five years older than her and Zehra Hanzade Sultan, three years older than her. However, some hours later another telegram arrived from Sanremo, stating that Sultan Mehmed had died some hours after the birth of Necla, hence the day turned sorrowful.

In 1938, Necla, her parents and sisters moved to Egypt, whereas their grandfather moved to Paris.

Necla's father, Ömer Faruk developed an increased interest in his cousin Mihrişah Sultan, the daughter of crown prince Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin. It was also public knowledge that things were not going well between Faruk and her mother Sabiha. She and her sisters sided with their mother. Faruk accused Sabiha of turning their daughters against him. But he was already in love with Mihrişah and the issue of the council was just an excuse. In 1948, after twenty-eight years of marriage, Faruk divorced Sabiha, and married Mihrişah, After the revocation of the law of exile for princesses in 1952, her mother moved to Istanbul. Necla was widowed by the death of Amr Ibrahim in 1977.

Issue By her marriage, Necla Sultan had a son: Prince Sultanzade Osman Rifat Ibrahim Bey (20 May 1951 – 1 February 2025 ). Born in Cairo. He died unmarried and spent most of his life in Madrid, where he died as well.

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