Mehmed Orhan

Mehmed Orhan
Head of House of Osman
Term	9 December 1983 - 12 March 1994 (&1000000000000001000000010 years, &1000000000000009300000093 days)
Predecessor	Ali Vâsib
Successor	Ertuğrul Osman
Spouse	Nafiye Yeghen Margaretha Irma Fournier
Issue
Fatma Necla Sultan Mehmed Selim Orhan
House	Imperial House of Osman
Father	Prince Mehmed Abdul Kadir
Mother	Hadice Macide
Born	11 July 1909(1909-07-11) Istanbul , Ottoman Empire
Died	12 March 1994(1994-03-12) (aged 84) Nice, France
Religion	Islam

Mehmed Orhan (11 July 1909 - 5/12 March 1994) was the 42nd head of the Ottoman dynasty from 1983 to 1994. He succeeded as head of the Ottoman dynasty on December 9, 1983, following the death of Ali Vâsib. If reigning, he would have been styled as Sultan Orhan II.

Life

He was born at Serencebey Palace or at Kızıltoprak, Asia Minor, the son of Prince Mehmed Abdul Kadir, Captain of the Ottoman Army, by his second wife Hadice Macide whose marriage not recognised by the Imperial House, and grandson of Abdul Hamid II by his second wife.

Mehmed Orhan worked as a shipbuilder in Brazil, a taxi driver in Beirut and Damascus, a cemetery attendant and an aide to King Zog of Albania. He died in Nice and was buried there.

In a 1990 feature in Lifemagazine, he said his legacy is "both sacred and laughable," and said, "To be Ottoman is to know how to breathe with time."^[1]

Marriages and issue

Mehmed Orhan first married Nafiye Yeghen (Cairo, 1913 - ?) in January 1933 and later married Margaretha Irma Fournier in Paris in 1943. He had one daughter by first wife and one son by second wife:

• Fatma Necla Sultan (born Cairo, 14 September 1933)
• Mehmed Selim Orhan (born Paris, 3 October 1943)

References

1. ^ "Kings in the Wings." Life. March 1990: 45.

• Genealogy of Mehmed Orhan
• The History Files: The Ottoman Empire
• Oldest Ottoman to come home at last

Mehmed Orhan House of Osman Born: July 11 1909 Died: March 12 1994
Titles in pretence
Preceded by Ali Vâsib	— TITULAR — Sultan of the Ottoman Empire December 9, 1983 – March 12, 1994 Reason for succession failure: Empire abolished in 1922	Succeeded by Ertuğrul Osman

Persondata
Name	Orhan, Mehmed
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	11 July 1909
Place of birth	Istanbul , Ottoman Empire
Date of death	12 March 1994
Place of death	Nice, France

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