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Adile Sultan (daughter of Mahmud II)
Adile Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: عدیله سلطان; 23 May 1826 – 12 February 1899) was an Ottoman princess, a Diwan poet, and a philanthropist. She was the daughter of Sultan Mahmud II and half-sister of the Sultans Abdulmejid I and Abdulaziz.
Adile Sultan was born on 23 May 1826. Her father was Sultan Mahmud II, and her mother was the Fourth Consort Zernigâr Kadın. After her mother's death in 1830, when she was four years old, she was entrusted to the care of her father's First Consort, Nevfidan Kadın.
Adile was educated at the palace. She took lessons in the Quran, Arabic, Persian, music and calligraphy. She took her calligraphy lessons with Ebubekir Mümtaz Efendi, a famous calligrapher of the era. With the education she received, combined with her sensitive personality, she went on to write poems, becoming the only Ottoman princess to do so.
After her father's death in 1839, when she was thirteen years old, her elder half-brother, the new sultan Abdulmejid I, became her guardian.
In 1845, her brother Sultan Abdulmejid arranged her marriage to Damat Mehmet Ali Pasha, who had been serving as an advisor in the imperial arsenal. Born in Hemşin, he was the son of Hacı Ömer Agha, the chief agha of Galata. He came to Istanbul at a very young age, where he spent his childhood in the Enderun.
The preparations for the marriage began on 24 March 1845, and the marriage contract was concluded on 27 April in the apartment of the sacred relics, Topkapı Palace. After the ceremony was performed, the trousseau was brought to the Darüssaade Ağa from where it was taken through Tophane Street to Çırağan Palace. The wedding celebrations were delayed until the next summer. The wedding took place on 7 June 1845, and lasted a whole week. On the last day of the celebrations, Adile was taken to Neşatabad Palace located in Defterdarburnu. This palace once belonged to Hatice Sultan, daughter of Sultan Mustafa III.
After the marriage, Mehmet Ali Pasha became commander of the fleet, and served in this position for five times, and afterwards served a short while as Grand Vizier to her brother, Sultan Abdulmejid. The couple had four children together, including one son, Sultanzade Ismail Bey, and three daughters, Hayriye Hanımsultan, Sıdıka Hanımsultan, and Aliye Hanımsultan. Mehmet Ali Pasha died in 1868 during the reign of Adile's younger half-brother, Sultan Abdulaziz. Their only surviving daughter, Hayriye was born in 1846, and died in 1869, a year after her father.
In 1861 her half-brother Abdülaziz, with whom she was not on good terms, ascended the throne. To reconcile with him he introduced him to Edadil Hanim, a lady whom Abdülaziz took as his consort. Adile wrote several components to celebrate their son, Şehzade Mahmud Celaleddin.
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Adile Sultan (daughter of Mahmud II)
Adile Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: عدیله سلطان; 23 May 1826 – 12 February 1899) was an Ottoman princess, a Diwan poet, and a philanthropist. She was the daughter of Sultan Mahmud II and half-sister of the Sultans Abdulmejid I and Abdulaziz.
Adile Sultan was born on 23 May 1826. Her father was Sultan Mahmud II, and her mother was the Fourth Consort Zernigâr Kadın. After her mother's death in 1830, when she was four years old, she was entrusted to the care of her father's First Consort, Nevfidan Kadın.
Adile was educated at the palace. She took lessons in the Quran, Arabic, Persian, music and calligraphy. She took her calligraphy lessons with Ebubekir Mümtaz Efendi, a famous calligrapher of the era. With the education she received, combined with her sensitive personality, she went on to write poems, becoming the only Ottoman princess to do so.
After her father's death in 1839, when she was thirteen years old, her elder half-brother, the new sultan Abdulmejid I, became her guardian.
In 1845, her brother Sultan Abdulmejid arranged her marriage to Damat Mehmet Ali Pasha, who had been serving as an advisor in the imperial arsenal. Born in Hemşin, he was the son of Hacı Ömer Agha, the chief agha of Galata. He came to Istanbul at a very young age, where he spent his childhood in the Enderun.
The preparations for the marriage began on 24 March 1845, and the marriage contract was concluded on 27 April in the apartment of the sacred relics, Topkapı Palace. After the ceremony was performed, the trousseau was brought to the Darüssaade Ağa from where it was taken through Tophane Street to Çırağan Palace. The wedding celebrations were delayed until the next summer. The wedding took place on 7 June 1845, and lasted a whole week. On the last day of the celebrations, Adile was taken to Neşatabad Palace located in Defterdarburnu. This palace once belonged to Hatice Sultan, daughter of Sultan Mustafa III.
After the marriage, Mehmet Ali Pasha became commander of the fleet, and served in this position for five times, and afterwards served a short while as Grand Vizier to her brother, Sultan Abdulmejid. The couple had four children together, including one son, Sultanzade Ismail Bey, and three daughters, Hayriye Hanımsultan, Sıdıka Hanımsultan, and Aliye Hanımsultan. Mehmet Ali Pasha died in 1868 during the reign of Adile's younger half-brother, Sultan Abdulaziz. Their only surviving daughter, Hayriye was born in 1846, and died in 1869, a year after her father.
In 1861 her half-brother Abdülaziz, with whom she was not on good terms, ascended the throne. To reconcile with him he introduced him to Edadil Hanim, a lady whom Abdülaziz took as his consort. Adile wrote several components to celebrate their son, Şehzade Mahmud Celaleddin.
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