Refia Sultan

Refia Sultan (; 15 June 1891 – 1938) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Sultan Abdul Hamid II and Sazkar Hanım.

Early life

Refia Sultan was born on 15 June 1891 in the Yıldız Palace. Her father was Abdul Hamid II, son of Abdulmejid I and Tirimüjgan Kadın. Her mother was Sazkar Hanım,

Upon the exile of the imperial family in March 1924, the couple and their daughters settled firstly in Nice, France, where Hamide died at the age of eighteen because of an incident in 1936. Later the couple settled in Beirut, Lebanon.

Death

Refia Sultan died at the age of forty-seven in 1938 in Beirut, Lebanon, and was buried in the cemetery of the Sulaymaniyya Takiyya, Damascus, Syria. Order of the Medjidie, Jeweled Rabia Hanımsultan 13 July 1911 19 June 1998 Born in Kiziltoprak Palace, Istanbul; Died unmarried, and was buried in the tomb of Mahmud II Ayşe Hamide Hanımsultan 1918 1936 Born in Kiziltoprak Palace, Istanbul; Died unmarried in exile in Nice, France, because of an incident, and was buried in the cemetery of the Sulaymaniyya Takiyya, Damascus, Syria

Ancestry