Osman Fuad Efendi

Şehzade Osman Fuad Efendi ( also Osman Füad Osmanoğlu, 25 February 1895 – 22 May 1973) was an Ottoman prince, a son of Şehzade Mehmed Selaheddin, and grandson of Sultan Murad V, who reigned briefly in 1876. He was the 39th head of the Imperial House of Osman from 1954 to 1973.

Early life Osman Fuad was born on 25 February 1895 in the Çırağan Palace. His father was Şehzade Mehmed Selaheddin, son of Sultan Murad V and Reftarıdil Kadın, and his mother was Jalefer Hanım. He spent his early childhood confined in the Çırağan Palace. The palace served as an enforced residence for his grandfather Sultan Murad, who had been deposed in 1876, and replaced by his brother, Abdul Hamid II. The restrictions imposed on the former sultan extended to his entire family, and were not lifted until his death in 1904. On the death of his grandfather, Fuad left this life of confinement and for a few years lived in his father's villa in Feneryolu, before returning to the Çırağan Palace to live with his step-grandmother Şayan Kadın, the third wife of Sultan Murad. Between 1911 and 1913, he served as the president of Fenerbahçe S.K.

Career Early career and education

In 1911, aged sixteen, he went to Tripolitania voluntarily to fight in the Italo-Turkish War. He participated in the Sirenek Operation, where he met Mustafa Kemal Pasha. Upon his return, he was enrolled in the Ottoman Military College. While he was studying there, he went to Karlsbad Thermal Springs for three months. He also traveled around Europe. He graduated from the military college in 1914, and was given the rank of second lieutenant. He was then promoted to first lieutenant the same year, and to captain in 1916.

In 1914, She was born on 15 March 1898. She was the granddaughter of the Egyptian Khedive Abbas Hilmi Pasha. They married on 2 February 1920 in the Çırağan Palace. Order of the Medjidie, 1st Class Liakat War Medal in Gold Hicaz Demiryolu Medal in Gold Gallipoli Star Liakat War Medal in Silver Navy Medal in Gold

Military appointments Military ranks and army appointments 1914: Second Lieutenant, Ottoman Army 1914: First Lieutenant, Ottoman Army 1916: Captain, Ottoman Army April 1918: General Commander of the Africa Corps, Ottoman Army 11 November 1919: Major, Ottoman Army

Other appointments 29 July 1916: Aide-de-Camp to the Sultan 1916: Deputy Commander of the Maiyyet-i-Seniyye Cavalry Squadron

Ancestry