14 Facts About Sabiha Sultan

Sabiha Sultan was born on 19 March 1894 in her father's Ortakoy Palace in Ortakoy, Istanbul.

Sabiha Sultan was the third and last daughter born to her father and mother.

Sabiha Sultan had two sisters, Munire Fenire Sultan, six years elder than her, born and died in 1888, and Fatma Ulviye Sultan, two year elder than her.

Sabiha Sultan's birth was difficult, so that later her mother could not have any more children.

When her father ascended the throne in 1918, Sabiha was still unmarried, but had several admirers.

Sabiha Sultan's deputy was Baskatip Ali Fuad Bey, and Omer Faruk's deputy was Omer Yaver Pasha.

Sabiha Sultan gave one house to Ulviye Sultan, and the other to Sabiha.

Sabiha Sultan was followed two years later by Zehra Hanzade Sultan, born on 12 September 1923 in the Dolmabahce Palace.

Later they moved to Nice, France, where her youngest daughter Hibetullah Necla Sabiha Sultan was born on 16 May 1926, the same day of Mehmed VI's death.

Sabiha Sultan then moved with his youngest daughter Fevziye Sultan in with his cousin Sabiha and Omer Faruk, where he died in 1931.

Sabiha Sultan's mother used to come for a stay at Nice with her.

Sabiha Sultan sent her furniture to her second daughter Princess Hanzade's house in Cairo, while she was living in Paris, France.

Later, Sabiha Sultan went to Paris for a while, to live with Princess Hanzade.

Sabiha Sultan died on 26 August 1971 at the age of seventy seven in her mansion in Cengelkoy, Istanbul, and was buried in Asiyan Asri Cemetery.