Selma Rauf Hanımsultan

Selma Hanımsultan (; 13 April 1916 – 13 January 1942) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Rauf Hayri Bey and Hatice Sultan.

Early life Selma Hanımsultan was born on 13 April 1916 in her mother's villa in Ortaköy. Her father was Rauf Hayri Bey (1871 – 1936), son of Hayri Bey and Belkis Hanım,

Upon the exile of the imperial family in March 1924, Selma and her family settled in Beirut, Lebanon. Her parents had divorced in 1918, and in exile they lived on the alimony sent by her father. However, when he was implicated in a smuggling plot, dismissed from his job and put in prison, they were left with no money. Despite the family's limited means, she blossomed into a fashionable young woman. Selma did not inform her husband of the successful delivery, leading her in-laws to believe the child was stillborn.

Death In 1942, World War II was raging. Cut off from all resources, Selma lived in dire poverty. That winter, she became very ill and eventually succumbed to sepsis on 13 January 1942. She was buried in the Bobigny cemetery, Paris.

Issue Name Birth Notes Kenizé Mourad 11 November 1939 Born in Paris, France; unmarried and without issue

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