Behice Sultan was the half-sister of Sultans Murad V, Abdul Hamid II, Mehmed V, and Mehmed VI.
11 Facts About Behice Sultan
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Behice Sultan had three brothers, Sehzade Mehmed Ziyaeddin, two years elder then her, and two twin brothers Sehzade Mehmed Nizameddin and Sehzade Mehmed Bahaeddin, two years younger than her.
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Behice Sultan contracted tuberculosis as a child and lived all her life in isolation and supervised by foreign doctors.
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Behice Sultan was frustrated by her isolation and envied the freedom and health of her sisters.
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Behice Sultan's father prepared her dowry and chose a groom to make her happy, but he always delayed the wedding because he didn't think she was healthy enough.
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Behice Sultan chose Halil Hamid Bey, the son of Mehmed Nurullah Bey, and the grandson of Halil Hamid Pasha, and six years younger than her.
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In 1875, her uncle, Behice Sultan Abdulaziz betrothed her to him.
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The time of Behice Sultan's marriage was approaching, and Feleksu was happy for her that she would be going to her own palace, but at the same time, she was worried about her health.
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Behice Sultan died of tuberculosis a mere two weeks after her wedding, on 30 November 1876, at the age of twenty-eight, the same of her natural mother.
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Behice Sultan was buried in the mausoleum of Naksidil Sultan located at Fatih Mosque, Istanbul.
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Behice Sultan's possessions were partly distributed to his sisters, in particular Naile Sultan and Mediha Sultan, and partly sold.