| Şehzade Ahmed Nureddin | |||||
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| Born | 31 March 1852 Old Çırağan Palace,Istanbul,Ottoman Empire | ||||
| Died | 3 January 1884(1884-01-03) (aged 31) Istanbul,Ottoman Empire | ||||
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| House | Ottoman | ||||
| Father | Abdulmejid I | ||||
| Mother | Mahitab Kadın | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
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| Rank | See list | ||||
Şehzade Ahmed Nureddin Efendi (Ottoman Turkish:شهزادہ احمد نورالدین; 31 March 1852 – 3 January 1884) was an Ottoman prince, the son of SultanAbdulmejid I and one of his consortsMahitab Kadın.
Şehzade Ahmed Nureddin was born on 31 March 1852[1] in the Old Çırağan Palace.[2] His father was SultanAbdulmejid I, son of SultanMahmud II andBezmiâlem Sultan, and his mother wasMahitab Kadın.[2]
Nureddin and his brothers, Princes Mehmed Reşad (future SultanMehmed V),Ahmed KemaleddinMehmed Burhaneddin, were circumcised on 9 April 1857 in the Dolmabahçe Palace.[3][4][5][6] After Abdulmejid's death in 1861, Nureddin and his mother settled in the Feriye Palace.[2]
In February 1864, Nureddin was enrolled in theOttoman Military College together with his cousinŞehzade Yusuf Izzeddin.[7] Their tutor was Miralay Süleyman Bey.[8] Another tutor was the future grand vizierAhmed Mukhtar Pasha.[9] After graduating from the military college on 19 January 1865,[10] Nureddin served in the 5th Division of the 3rd Talia Battalion of theFirst Army. On 2 July 1866,[11] he was given rank of Senior Captain of the right wing.[12] He, however, later left the army.[13]
Nureddin's only wife was Nazlı Emsâl Hanım. She was born in 1852. They married in 1870. She died childless[3][14] in 1870–1871, and was buried in Yahya Efendi Cemetery.[15]
Nureddin like his brothers, SultanMurad V and Şehzade Ahmed Kemaleddin joined Proodos ("Progress" in Greek) Masonic lodge in 1873. This lodge was founded in the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul in 1867, as an associate of the French lodge “Grand Orient.” The lodge's rituals were conducted in both Turkish and Greek.[16][17][18]
Nureddin died of tuberculosis[19] at the age of thirty-one on 3 January 1884, and was buried inNew Mosque, Istanbul.[2] His brother, SultanAbdul Hamid II named one ofhis sons after him.[20]
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