Rukiye Sultan

Rukiye Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: رقيه سلطان "charm", 11 October 1906 – 20 February 1927) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Şehzade Mehmed Ziyaeddin, son of Mehmed V.

Rukiye Sultan
Rukiye Sultan (right) with her brother Şehzade Mehmed Nazim and her sister Dürriye Sultan
Born	(1906-10-11)11 October 1906 Dolmabahçe Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (now Istanbul, Turkey)
Died	20 February 1927(1927-02-20) (aged 20) Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary
Burial	Budapest, Hungary
Spouse	Sokolluzade Abdülbaki Ihsan Bey ​ ​ (m. 1924)​
Issue	Behiye Emel Nuricihan Hanımsultan
Dynasty	Ottoman
Father	Şehzade Mehmed Ziyaeddin
Mother	Ünsiyar Hanım
Religion	Sunni Islam

Early life

Rukiye Sultan was born on 11 October 1906 in the Dolmabahçe Palace.^[1] Her father was Şehzade Mehmed Ziyaeddin, son of Sultan Mehmed V and Kamures Kadın, and her mother was Ünsiyar Hanım.^[2] She was the third child and daughter of her father and the second child of her mother. She had a sister, Dürriye Sultan, one year elder then her, and a brother Şehzade Mehmed Nazım, four years younger than her.^[3]

In 1915, she began her education with her sister and brother. Their teacher was Safiye Ünüvar, who taught them the Quran.^[4] In 1918, after the death of her grandfather, she moved to her father's villa located at Haydarpasha, she occupied the first floor with her mother and sister.^[5]

Marriage

In 1922, the empire was abolished and on 29 October 1923, Turkey was officially declared as a republic,^[6] after which the imperial family went into exile in March 1924. Rukiye and her family settled in Beirut, Lebanon. Here she met Abdülbaki Ihsan Bey, a descendant of Sokollu Mehmed Pasha through his son Sultanzade Ibrahim Paşah by Ismihan Sultan (daughter of Sultan Selim II and Nurbanu Sultan). He had taken part in the Turkish War of Independence, and had been stripped from his nationality, and was forbidden from returning to Turkey. The two married in 1924, and their only daughter, Behiye Emel Nuricihan Hanımsultan was born^[7][8] on 15 June 1925.^[3] Six months later after the birth, Rukiye became ill. They then went to Budapest, Hungary for treatment.^[9]

Death

Rukiye Sultan died on 20 February 1927 at the age of twenty, in Budapest, Hungary and was buried in the tomb of sixteenth century, Ottoman Sufi, Gül Baba.^[8]

Issue

Name	Birth	Notes
By Abdülbaki Ihsan Bey (married 1924)
Behiye Emel Nuricihan Hanımsultan	15 June 1925[3]	Born in Beirut, Lebanon; Married with Cemal Hodo (1900-1977) in 1951 and had issue, two daughters, Naime Banu Hodo (b.1952) and Rukiye Bala Hodo (1955-2023) [10] and a son Nazim Hodo (b.1958) ;[3]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Rukiye Sultan
8. Abdulmejid I 4. Mehmed V 9. Gülcemal Kadın 2. Şehzade Mehmed Ziyaeddin 5. Kamures Kadın 1. Rukiye Sultan 3. Ünsiyar Hanım 7. Firdevs Hanım

References

1. Brookes 2010, p. 288.
2. Brookes 2010, p. 205.
3. Adra, Jamil (2005). Genealogy of the Imperial Ottoman Family 2005. p. 32.
4. Brookes 2010, p. 214.
5. Brookes 2010, p. 264.
6. Brookes 2010, p. 264 n. 61.
7. Bardakçı, Murat (2017). Neslishah: The Last Ottoman Princess. Oxford University Press. p. 211. ISBN 978-9-774-16837-6.
8. Brookes 2010, p. 289.
9. Murat Bardakçı (2008). Son Osmanlılar: Osmanlı hanedanı'nın sürgün ve miras öyküsü. İnkılâp. p. 58. ISBN 978-975-10-2616-3.
10. "Osmanlı Padişahının Torunu Rukiye Bala Hodo Vefat Etti". Son Dakika (in Turkish). 2023-11-04. Retrieved 2024-05-29.

Sources

• Brookes, Douglas Scott (2010). The Concubine, the Princess, and the Teacher: Voices from the Ottoman Harem. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-78335-5.