Ahmed IV Nihad
| Ahmed Nihad | |
|---|---|
| Head of House of Osman | |
| Term | 23 August 1944 – 4 June 1954 |
| Predecessor | Abdülmecid II |
| Successor | Osman Fuad |
| Born | 5 July 1883 Istanbul , Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 4 June 1954 (aged 70) Beirut, Lebanon |
| Spouse | Safiru Hanım Nezihe Hanım Nevrestan Hanım |
| Issue | Şehzade Ali Vâsib |
| House | Imperial House of Osman |
| Father | Şehzade Mehmed Selaheddin |
| Mother | Naziknaz Hanım |
Ahmed Nihad (5 July 1883 – 4 June 1954), 38th Head of the Imperial House of Osman from 1944 to 1954, was the 38th and second post-imperial head of the Imperial House of Osman.
He was born in Çırağan Palace, Ortaköy on 5 July 1883, as the eldest son of Prince Mehmed Selaheddin Efendi, by his wife, Naziknaz Hanım, and grandson of Sultan Mehmed V. He was educated privately. He was promoted to the rank of Colonel of Infantry of the Ottoman Army.
Ahmed Efendi received the honors of the Collar of the Hanedan-ı-Ali-Osman and the Nişan-ı-Ali-Imtiyaz. He was succeeded on the death of his cousin, Prince Abdulmecid Efendi, the last Caliph of Islam, as Head of the Imperial House of Osman on 23 August 1944, to become the first head of the Ottoman family not to hold the office of Caliph of Islam since his ancestor Sultan Selim I was granted this title in 1517. Had he been the reigning Sultan he would have been Grand Sultan Ahmed IV.
Ahmed Nihad Efendi, spent his entire childhood and early adulthood confined in Çırağan Palace, Ortaköy in Constantinople (Istanbul). The Palace served as an enforced residence to his grandfather Sultan Murad V, who had been deposed in 1876, and replaced by his brother, Sultan Abdul Hamid II. The restrictions imposed on the former Sultan extended to his entire family, and were not lifted until his death in 1904. On the death of his grandfather, Ahmed Nihad left his enforced confinement at Çırağan Palace and lived for a few years in the properties rented by his father in the Feneryolu, Kuruçeşme and Ortaköy districts of Istanbul. From 1911 until his exile he lived in the mansion which he had designed himself and had built on Serencebey hill overlooking Beşiktaş and from 1915 he would spend the summer months at the Muradiye Pavilion in Kurbağalıdere. However, he would only enjoy 20 years of freedom in his homeland, as following the establishment of the Republic of Turkey, and the abolition of the Ottoman Sultanate and the Caliphate, the entire Imperial Ottoman family were forced into exile in March 1924.
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