Sultanzade is an
Ottoman title for sons of
sultana or imperial princesses, female descendants of sovereign in male line. The feminine equivalent is ''hanımsultan''.
Term
Sultan
Sultan (; ar, سلطان ', ) is a position with several historical meanings. Originally, it was an Arabic abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", "rulership", derived from the verbal noun ', meaning "authority" or "power". Later, it c ...
(سلطان) is a word Arabic origin, originally meaning "authority" or "dominion" and ''
-zade'' is a Persian suffix meaning 'son of', 'daughter of', 'descendant of', or 'born of'. Sultanzade literally meaning "descendant of sultan".
Usage in Ottoman family
In Ottoman family, sultanzade used by sons of Ottoman princesses, female descendants of a sovereign in the male line. Different with şehzade, sultanzade excluded from the Ottoman imperial succession.
The formal way of addressing sultanzades are ''Sultanzade'' (given name) ''Bey-Efendi'', i.e. ''Sir'' Prince Sultan (given name).
Bey (
Ottoman Turkish
Ottoman Turkish ( ota, لِسانِ عُثمانى, Lisân-ı Osmânî, ; tr, Osmanlı Türkçesi) was the standardized register of the Turkish language used by the citizens of the Ottoman Empire (14th to 20th centuries CE). It borrowed extens ...
: باي) is a Turkish title for chieftain, traditionally applied to the leaders (for men) of small tribal groups.
Effendi, Effendy, or Efendi (
Ottoman Turkish
Ottoman Turkish ( ota, لِسانِ عُثمانى, Lisân-ı Osmânî, ; tr, Osmanlı Türkçesi) was the standardized register of the Turkish language used by the citizens of the Ottoman Empire (14th to 20th centuries CE). It borrowed extens ...
: افندي) is a title of nobility meaning a Lord or Master.
The official style of sons of sultanzades was simply ''bey'', i.e. ''sir'' after their name and daughters of sultanzades was simply ''hanım'', i,e. ''madam'' after their name. This all titles are still used by
Osmanoğlu family.
Hanımsultan
The feminine equivalent title is ''hanımsultan'' (
Ottoman Turkish
Ottoman Turkish ( ota, لِسانِ عُثمانى, Lisân-ı Osmânî, ; tr, Osmanlı Türkçesi) was the standardized register of the Turkish language used by the citizens of the Ottoman Empire (14th to 20th centuries CE). It borrowed extens ...
: خانم سلطان), from the title ''hanım'', Turkish form of the Mongolian title ''
khanum'', feminine equivalent of ''
khan
Khan may refer to:
*Khan (inn), from Persian, a caravanserai or resting-place for a travelling caravan
*Khan (surname), including a list of people with the name
*Khan (title), a royal title for a ruler in Mongol and Turkic languages and used by ...
'' or ''
khagan
Khagan or Qaghan (Mongolian:; or ''Khagan''; otk, 𐰴𐰍𐰣 ), or , tr, Kağan or ; ug, قاغان, Qaghan, Mongolian Script: ; or ; fa, خاقان ''Khāqān'', alternatively spelled Kağan, Kagan, Khaghan, Kaghan, Khakan, Khakhan ...
'', with the title ''sultan'', Arabic word originally meaning "authority" or "dominion". ''Hanımsultan'' is title for daughters of
sultana or imperial princesses. The formal way of addressing hanımsultans are (given name) ''Hanımsultan'', i.e. Sultana madam (given name).
Example of sultanzades
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Sultanzade Mehmed Pasha
Semiz Mehmed Pasha (1596 – July 1646) was an Ottoman grand vizier and a descendant of Suleiman the Magnificent.
Biography
He was born in 1596. His father, Sultanzade Abdurrahman Bey, was a son of Ayşe Hümaşah Sultan, daughter of Rü ...
(1 January 1603 – 1646), son of Ayşe Hanım Sultan (a daughter of
Cığalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha
Cığalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha (also known as ''Cağaloğlu Yusuf Sinan Pasha''; 1545–1605), his epithet meaning "son of Cicala", was an Ottoman Italian statesman who held the office of Grand Vizier for forty days between 27 October to 5 Dec ...
) and great-grandson of
Rüstem Pasha and
Mihrimah Sultan.
Governor of Egypt (1637 – 1640) and later
Ottoman Grand Vizier (31 January 1644 – 17 December 1645).
*
Sultanzade Mehmed Sabâhaddin Bey (13 February 1879 in Istanbul – 30 June 1948 in Neuchâtel, Switzerland), son of
Seniha Sultan, daughter of
Abdülmecid I. Ottoman sociologist and thinker. Because of his threat to the ruling House of Osman (the Ottoman dynasty) in the late 19th and early 20th centuries due to his political activity and push for democracy in the Empire, he was exiled.
* Sultanzade Ömer Nami Bey, son of
Ayşe Sultan, daughter of
Abdülhamid II who was known for publishing her memoirs by the name of ''Babam Sultan Abdülhamid'' in 1960
* Sultanzade Maximilian Ali Beyefendi (born London, 15 January 2000), son of Ayşe Gülnev Sultan, great-great-granddaughter of Sultan
Mehmed V
Mehmed V Reşâd ( ota, محمد خامس, Meḥmed-i ḫâmis; tr, V. Mehmed or ; 2 November 1844 – 3 July 1918) reigned as the 35th and penultimate Ottoman Sultan (). He was the son of Sultan Abdulmejid I. He succeeded his half-brother Ab ...
, the 35th Sovereign of the House of Osman
See also
*
List of Ottoman titles and appellations
*
Şehzade
''Şehzade'' ( fa, شهزاده) is the Ottoman form of the Persian title '' Shahzadeh'', and refers to the male descendants of an Ottoman sovereign in the male line. This title is equivalent to " prince of the blood imperial" in English.
Origi ...
References
Ottoman titles
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