1591) Halide Edib Adıvar

Halide Edib Adıvar (sometimes spelled Halidé Edib in English; 1884 – 1964). Turkish novelist, teacher, and feminist intellectual.
She was best known for her novels criticizing the low social status of Turkish women and what she saw from her observation as the lack of interest of most women in changing their situation. She was a Pan-Turkist and several of her novels advocated for the Turanism movement.
Halide Edib Adıvar is also remembered for her role in the forced assimilation of children orphaned in the Armenian genocide.

- "A contemporary described her as "a slight, tiny little person, with masses of auburn hair and large, expressive Oriental eyes..." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halide_Edib_Ad%C4%B1var

 

1496) Abdulmejid I

Abdulmejid I (1823 – 1861). 31st Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and succeeded his father Mahmud II on 2 July 1839.

He was born at the Beşiktaş Palace or at the Topkapı Palace, in Istanbul. His mother was his father's first wife in 1839, Valide Sultan Bezmiâlem.

Abdulmejid received a European education and spoke fluent French, being the first sultan to do so. Like Abdülaziz who succeeded him, he was interested in literature and classical music.

His biggest achievement was the announcement and application of the Tanzimat (reorganization) reforms which were prepared by his father and effectively started the modernization of the Ottoman Empire in 1839. For this achievement, one of the Imperial anthems of the Ottoman Empire, the March of Abdulmejid, was named after him.

 

 

 

1491) Dürrüşehvar Sultan

Durru Shehvar Durdana Begum Sahiba, Princess of Berar (born Hatice Hayriye Ayşe Dürrüşehvar Sultan; 1914 – 2006). Ottoman princess, only daughter of Abdulmejid II, who was the last heir apparent to the Ottoman Imperial throne and the last Caliph of the Ottoman Caliphate.

Highly respected and well-educated lady, the princess was fluent in French, Turkish, English and also Urdu. She was also a painter and a poet.

In 1931, her father arranged her marriage to Azam Jah, elder son and heir to Mir Osman Ali Khan. The two married at Villa Carabacel in Nice. 

 

- "Philip Mason, of the Indian Civil Service, described her as "a commanding figure, handsome of feature, with a clear fair complexion and auburn hair… No one could ignore her or slight her." https://en.wikipedia.org/.../D%C3%BCrr%C3%BC%C5%9Fehvar...

 

 

 

 

473) Selim II

Selim II (1524 – 1574). 11th Sultan of the Ottoman empire. Son of Suleiman the Magnificent and Haseki Hürrem Sultan.

The caption to this portrait says "This depiction is apparently life-like, since it depicts him with red hair and blue eyes, as described by contemporaries."

 

328) Tamerlane

Tamerlane, or Amir Timur (1336 - 1405). Famed Turco-Mongol conqueror. As the founder of the Timurid Empire in Persia and Central Asia he became the first ruler in the Timurid dynasty.

"..they found the body inside to be of a man of above average stature, around 5'10" tall, broad shouldered, lame on the right side, with, oddly enough, a hank of red hair still attached to his desiccated skull."

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