Naile Sultan

Naile Sultan (, "winner"; 9 February 1884 – 25 October 1957) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Sultan Abdul Hamid II and Dilpesend Kadın. Early life Naile Sultan was born on 9 February 1884 in the Yıldız Palace. Her father was Sultan Abdul Hamid II, son of Abdulmejid I and Tirimüjgan Kadın. Her mother was Dilpesend Kadın, daughter of Kızılbeg Maksud Giray Bey and Esma Hanım. She was the sixth child, and fourth daughter of her father and the first child of her mother. She had a younger sister, Seniha Sultan, who died at five months. She was named after her paternal aunt, Naile Sultan, died in 1882. Naile was a pianist, harpist, and violist. Her music teacher was Lombardi Bey. She displayed these skills during the visit of the German Emperor Wilhem II and his wife Empress Augusta Victoria to Istanbul in 1889, with her half-sisters eight years older Naime Sultan. Upon returning to her country, the Empress relayed that they left Istanbul with good memories and that Naile's musical talent was remarkable for her age. The empress also sent her gifts of toys. In 1901, Abdul Hamid betrothed her to Cemaleddin Bey, third son of Gazi Osman Pasha, whose elder sons, Nureddin Pasha and Kemaleddin Pasha had been married to Naile's elder sisters, princesses Zekiye Sultan and Naime Sultan respectively. However, in 1904, following Kemaleddin Pasha's affair with her cousin Princess Hatice Sultan, the daughter of Sultan Murad V, the engagement was broken off.