Dündar Ali Osman Explained

Dündar Ali Osmanoğlu
Succession:Head of the Osmanoğlu family
Reign:6 January 2017 – 18 January 2021
Reign-Type:Tell
Predecessor:Şehzade Bayezid Osman
Successor:Şehzade Harun Osman
Birth Name:Dündar Ali Osman
Birth Date:1930 12, df=y
Birth Place:Damascus, Syria
Death Place:Damascus, Syria
House:Imperial House of Osman
Father:Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkerim
Mother:Nimet Hanım
Spouse:Yüsra Hanım
Religion:Sunni Islam
Native Lang1:Ottoman Turkish

Dündar Ali Osman (pronounced as /tr/, Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928);: دوندار علي عثمان|translit= Dundār ʿAli ʿOsmān; 30 December 1930 – 18 January 2021), also known as Dündar Ali Osman Osmanoğlu, with a surname as required by the Republic of Turkey, or known by the Ottoman imperial name as Şehzade Dündar Ali Osman Osmanoğlu Efendi, was the 45th Head of the House of Osman, which ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1299 until the abolition of the Sultanate in 1922.

Early and personal life

Şehzade Dündar Ali Osman Osmanoğlu was born on 30 December 1930 in Damascus in present-day Syria. He was a great-grandson of Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II. His grandfather was Şehzade Mehmed Selim and his father was Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkerim. He had a full-brother, Harun, born in 1932.[1] Osmanoğlu was married to Yüsra Hanım and was childless.[2] She died on 25 July 2017 in Damascus.[3] [4]

Later life and death

In 1974, the Ottoman family was allowed to return to Turkey. However, Osmanoğlu refused to migrate and stayed in Damascus in Syria, even though most of the family members returned to Istanbul.[1]

The Syrian Civil War broke in 2011 and media reports emerged in 2013 that Osmanoğlu was stranded in Syria. In August 2017, he was evacuated on the order of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the president of Turkey. Osmanoğlu was initially evacuated to Beirut in Lebanon. Later, he moved to Istanbul.[3]

Dündar Ali Osman died on 18 January 2021 in Damascus at the age of 90 and was succeeded by his brother Harun Osman as the head of the house.[5]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Şehzade Dündar Osmanoğlu operasyon öncesi Suriye'de mahsur kaldı . Şehzade Dündar Osmanoğlu stranded in Syria before the operation . Iha . 21 May 2019 . tr . 28 August 2013.
  2. Web site: Bilinmeyen Şehzadeler... . Unknown princes ... . Gazete Uzay . 21 May 2019 . tr . 12 April 2014.
  3. Web site: Last heir to Ottoman throne evacuated from Syria upon Erdoğan's order . Daily Sabah . 21 May 2019 . 29 August 2017.
  4. https://www.haberler.com/osmanli-hanedani-reisi-dundar-efendi-nin-hanimi-9868607-haberi/ Osmanlı Hanedanı Reisi Dündar Efendi'nin Hanımı Şam'da Vefat Etti
  5. Web site: Last heir to Ottoman throne passes away at 90 . Daily Sabah . 19 January 2021 .