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Esma Sultan (21 March 1873 – 7 May 1899) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Ottoman Sultan Abdülaziz and his wife Gevheri Kadınefendi, herself the daughter of Prince Salih Bey Svatnba and his wife Princess Şaziye Tsamba, the daughter of Prince Osman Bey Tsamba. She was the half sister of Abdülmecid II, the last Caliph of the Muslim world. ==Biography== Esma Sultan was born on March 21, 1873 in Dolmabahçe Palace in Constantinople〔''The Encyclopædia Britannica'', Vol.7, Edited by Hugh Chisholm, (1911), 3; ''Constantinople, the capital of the Turkish Empire...''〕〔(Britannica, Istanbul ):''When the Republic of Turkey was founded in 1923, the capital was moved to Ankara, and Constantinople was officially renamed Istanbul in 1930.''〕 to Sultan Abdülaziz's fifth wife Gevheri Kadınefendi (1848–1876) as the second child. She had an older brother, Shehzade Mehmed Seyfeddin Efendi (June 5, 1872 - October 22, 1899). Following her father Sultan Abdülaziz's deposition on May 30, 1876 and death a few days later, she was taken into the harem of Sultan Abdülhamid II at the age of three. She was married on April 20, 1889 at the age of 16 to Damad Çerkes Mehmed Pasha (1856 - May 24, 1909) in Yıldız Palace. Her husband was a general in the Ottoman Army and first aide-de-camp to Abdülhamid II. Esma Sultan died on May 7, 1899 and was interred in Murad V Mausoleum at Yeni Cami in Eminönü, Constantinople.〔http://www.odevsel.com/genel-kultur/1194/brief-history-the-legendary-origin-of-the-dynastic-family-the-osmanlis-g.html 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Esma Sultan (daughter of Abdülaziz)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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