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Safvet Neslişah Osmanoğlu

1925 – 2014

Ottoman noble

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Lived 1925 – 2014 (aged 88). Safvet Neslişah Osmanoğlu was a Turkish.

Safvet Neslişah Sultan (; December 1925 – 30 May 2014), also known as Küçük Neslişah Sultan, was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkadir, son of Sultan Abdul Hamid II. Her mother was Fatma Meziyet Hanım, daughter of Mecid Bey, a colonel of the Ottoman Army. She was the seventh and last child and second daughter of her father, and the second child of her mother. She had a full sister Bidar Sultan, one year elder than her.

Marriages Neslişah Sultan moved to Cairo, Egypt, where she married Avni Reda Bey in 1953. He became a Damat. The couple's first child, a son, Sultanzade Salih Reda Bey, was born in 1954, followed by a second son Sultanzade Ömer Reda Bey, born in 1957/1959, both born in Cairo. an American citizen of Turkish Cypriot ethnicity, and widower of Şükriye Sultan, daughter of Crown Prince Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin. She was widowed at his death in 1980. On 2 April 2012, she and her sons attended the funeral of Neslişah Sultan, daughter of Şehzade Ömer Faruk and Sabiha Sultan.

Neslişah Sultan died on 30 May 2014, at the age of eighty-eight at Marmara Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul. She was the last surviving child of Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkadir, and the last surviving grandchild of Abdul Hamid. Her funeral was attended by her relatives and members of Ottoman dynasty. She was buried in Karacaahmet Cemetery, alongside her mother Fatma Meziyet Hanım.

Issue Together with Anvi Reda Bey, Neslişah had two sons: Sultanzade Salih Reda Bey (born 1954, Cairo); Neslişah Reda (born 2000)

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Neslişah Sultan

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Parent
Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkadir

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Safvet Neslişah Osmanoğlu?

Ottoman noble (1925–2014)

When was Safvet Neslişah Osmanoğlu born?

Safvet Neslişah Osmanoğlu was born on 25 December 1925 in Budapest.

When did Safvet Neslişah Osmanoğlu die?

Safvet Neslişah Osmanoğlu died on 30 May 2014 in Istanbul.

What nationality was Safvet Neslişah Osmanoğlu?

Safvet Neslişah Osmanoğlu was Turkish.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Safvet Neslişah Osmanoğlu

· Wikidata: Q17300329

· DBpedia: Neslişah Sultan (daughter of Şehzade Abdülkadir)

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