Seniye Hanımsultan

Seniye Hanımsultan (Ottoman Turkish: سنیه خانم سلطان; "sublime"; 3 October 1843 – 10 December 1913) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Atiye Sultan and Ahmed Fethi Paşah, and granddaughter of the Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II.

Seniye Hanımsultan
Born3 October 1843
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(now Istanbul, Turkey)
Died10 December 1913(1913-12-10) (aged 70)
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Burial
Yahya Efendi Cemetery, Istanbul
Spouse
Hüseyin Hüsnü Pasha
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(m. 1860; died 1899)​
IssueAbdülkemir Paşah
Names
Turkish: Seniye Hanımsultan
Ottoman Turkish: سنیه خانم سلطان
FatherAhmed Fethi Pasha
MotherAtiye Sultan
ReligionSunni Islam

Biography

Seniye Hanımsultan was born on 3 October 1843.[1] Her father was Ahmed Fethi Pasha, son of Rodoslu Hafız Ahmed Agha[2] and Saliha Hanım,[3] and her mother was Atiye Sultan, daughter of Sultan Mahmud II and Pervizfelek Kadın.[4][5] She had a full sister, Feride Hanımsultan, three years younger than her. She also had five paternal half-siblings, brothers Mehmed Besim Bey and Damat Mahmud Celaleddin Pasha, who married Cemile Sultan, daughter of Sultan Abdulmejid I, and sisters, Ferdane Hanım, Saliha Yeğane Hanım and Emine Güzide Hanım.[6][7]

After their mother's death in 1850, Seniye and Feride came of the possession of their mother's palace in Emirgan, while Atiye's palace in Arnavutköy was allocated for the guests, who visited the empire. Later their palace in Emirgan was given to the governor of Egypt, and the two of them were allocated to the villa of Rıza Pasha. Later the two of them came of the possession of the palace in Arnavutköy.[8]

In 1860, she married Hüseyin Hüsnü Pasha,[9] son of Mustafa Nuri Pasha[10] in the Eyüp Palace. They had a son.[11] She was widowed at his death in 1899.[9] In 1912, the "Hilal-i Ahmer Centre for Women" was organized within the "Ottoman Hilal-i Ahmer Association", a foundation established in 1877 to provide medical care in Istanbul and surrounding communities.[12] As a member of the foundation, Seniye was obliged to give the foundation 1500 kuruş every year.[13]

Seniye died on 10 December 1913, and was buried in Yahya Efendi Cemetery, Istanbul.[8][14]

Issue

By her marriage, Seniye Hanımsultan had a son:

  • Abdülkemir Paşah. He had two daughters, Fahire Hanim and Radiye Hanim.

Honour

Ancestry

References
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  6. Çağlar, Burhan (September 11, 2011). İngiliz Said Paşa ve Günlüğü (Jurnal). Arı Sanat Yayinevi. p. 93. ISBN 978-9-944-74225-2.
  7. Haskan, Mehmet Nermi (2001). Yüzyıllar boyunca Üsküdar. Yüzyıllar boyunca Üsküdar. Üsküdar Belediyesi. p. 197. ISBN 978-975-97606-0-1.
  8. Şehsuvaroğlu, Halûk Y. (1948-10-30). "Arnavutköy sahilsarayı (Boğaziçi lisesi)" (PDF). Akşam (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  9. Brookes, Douglas Scott (2010). The Concubine, the Princess, and the Teacher: Voices from the Ottoman Harem. University of Texas Press. pp. 81 n. 58, 283. ISBN 978-0-292-78335-5.
  10. Lutfı̂, Ahmet; Aktepe, M. Münir (1984). Vakʾa-nüvis Ahmed Lütfı̂ Efendi tarihi. Vakʾa-nüvis Ahmed Lütfı̂ Efendi tarihi. İstanbul Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi. p. 142.
  11. Aracı, E. (2006). Donizetti Paşa: Osmanlı sarayının İtalyan maestrosu. Sanat dizisi. Yapı Kredi Yayınları. p. 113. ISBN 978-975-08-1153-1.
  12. Hacker, Barton; Vining, Margaret (17 August 2012). A Companion to Women's Military History. BRILL. p. 199. ISBN 978-9-004-21217-6.
  13. Ahmet Zeki İzgöer; Ramazan Tuğ (2013). Padişahın himayesinde Osmanlı Kızılay Cemiyeti 1911-1913 yıllığı. Türkiye Kızılayı Derneği. p. 50. ISBN 978-605-5599-14-0.
  14. Bardakçı, Murat (1991). Son Osmanlılar: Osmanlı hanedanının sürgün ve miras öyküsü. Gri Yayın. p. 158.
  15. Osmanoğlu, A. (1984). Babam Sultan Abdülhamid: hatıralarım. Selçuk Yayınları. p. 105.
  16. Örenç, A.F. (2006). Yakındönem tarihimizde Rodos ve Oniki Ada. Doğu Kütüphanesi. p. 270. ISBN 978-9944-397-09-4.
  17. Rıza, Ali; Çoruk, Ali Şükrü (2001). Eski zamanlarda İstanbul hayatı. Eski zamanlarda İstanbul hayatı. Kitabevi. p. 301. ISBN 978-975-7321-33-0.
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