Şehzade Ahmed Nureddin (son of Abdul Hamid II)

Şehzade Ahmed Nureddin was born on 22 June 1901 in the Yıldız Palace.{{sfn|Osmanoğlu|2000|p=264}}{{sfn|Ekinci|2017|p=29}}{{cite book|author=Yılmaz Öztuna|title=II. Abdülhamîd: zamânı ve şahsiyeti|publisher=Kubbealti Publishing|year=2008

|page=238|isbn=978-97564-446-27}} His father was Abdul Hamid II, son of Abdulmejid I and Tirimüjgan Kadın. His mother was Behice Hanım,{{sfn|Osmanoğlu|2000|p=259}}{{cite book|first=Jamil|last=Adra|title=Genealogy of the Imperial Ottoman Family 2005|year=2005|page=29}} daughter of Albus Bey Maan{{cite book|author=Ali Akyıldız|title=Son Dönem Osmanlı Padişahlarının Nikâh Meselesi|year=2018|page=698}} and Nazli Hanım Kuçba. He had a twin brother, Şehzade Mehmed Bedreddin who died in childhood in 1903.{{sfn|Osmanoğlu|2000|p=259}} He was the sixth son born to his father.{{sfn|Osmanoğlu|2000|p=264}} He was named after his decreased uncle, Şehzade Ahmed Nureddin (1852 – 1884).

On 27 April 1909, Abdul Hamid II was deposed, and sent into exile in Thessaloniki.{{cite book|first=Richard C.|last=Hall|title=War in the Balkans: An Encyclopedic History from the Fall of the Ottoman Empire to the Breakup of Yugoslavia|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=October 9, 2014|pages=1–2|isbn=978-1-610-69031-7}} Nureddin, however, remained in Istanbul.{{sfn|Osmanoğlu|2000|pp=157–158}} He and his mother first settled in with his eldest half-sister Zekiye Sultan, then in his maternal grandparents house in Beşiktaş,{{cite web | last=Ekinci | first=Ekrem | title="Eyvah Fesim!" - SULTAN HAMİD'İN KÜÇÜK ŞEHZÂDESİ | website=ekrembugraekinci.com | url=https://www.ekrembugraekinci.com/article/?ID=969 | language=tr | access-date=2021-04-19}} and finally settling in the Maslak Palace in 1911. After Thessaloniki fell to Greece in 1912, Abdul Hamid also returned to Istanbul, and settled in the Beylerbeyi Palace, where he died in 1918.{{cite book|first1=Milman|last1=Parry|first2=Albert B.|last2=Lord|title=Serbocroatian heroic songs, Volume 1|publisher=Harvard University Press|year=1979|page=371}}

In October 1902 he was registered in the Ertuğrul cavalry regiment. In December 1908, her was enrolled in the Ottoman Military College.{{sfn|Ekinci|2017|p=41}} In March 1915, he was enrolled in Galatasaray High School.{{sfn|Ekinci|2017|p=62}} In 1916, he was sent to Germany, where he studied at the Potsdam Military Academy.{{sfn|Ekinci|2017|p=63}} He went onto serve as Cavalry Lieutenant in the imperial Ottoman army.

He had learned music from Arenda Pasha. He was also a composer and painter.

Nureddin's only wife was Ayşe Andelib Hanım. She was born on 2 August 1902 in Adapazarı.{{sfn|Ekinci|2017|p=66}}{{sfn|Osmanoğlu|2000|p=270}} Her father was Hüseyin Hüsnü Pasha Akintsba (1860 – 1915),{{sfn|Osmanoğlu|2000|p=270}}{{sfn|Ekinci|2017|pp=66, 105}} and her mother was Fatma Şadiye Ezerakın (1868 – 15 August 1937). She had two brothers, Mahmud Celaleddin Akıncıgil, who was a kethüda to her mother-in-law Behice Hanım,{{sfn|Ekinci|2017|pp=105, 106}} and Mehmed Sadreddin Özerakin, and one sister, Hatice Kudsiye Özerakin.{{sfn|Ekinci|2017|p=105}} The two first met at the Yıldız Park, while Andelib was collecting donations for the Hilal-i Ahmer Association.

They married on 5 May 1919 in the Maslak Palace.{{sfn|Ekinci|2017|p=67}} At the exile of the imperial family in 1924, she followed her husband to Paris, France, where she gave birth to the couple's only child, a son, Şehzade Mehmed Bedreddin, who died young in Paris.{{sfn|Ekinci|2017|pp=76, 106}} After the prince's death in 1944, she returned to Turkey.{{sfn|Osmanoğlu|2000|pp=253, 270}} In accordance to the Surname Law, she took the surname "Özerakin".{{sfn|Ekinci|2017|p=110}} She died on 15 July 1980 in Dutluk Sokağı, Beşiktaş, Istanbul,{{sfn|Ekinci|2017|pp=66, 105}} and was buried in Kulaksız cemetery, Sütlüce.{{sfn|Ekinci|2017|p=106}}

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At the exile of the imperial family in March 1924, Nureddin, his wife, and his tutor Halil Bey settled in Naples, Italy. He was later joined by his mother and brother-in-law, Damat Celaleddin Bey. On 14 January 1925, he gave the power of attorney to Sami Günzberg, a well-known Turkish Jewish lawyer, authorising him to regain from usurpers buildings, lands, mines, concessions left by Abdul Hamid situated in Turkish territory and elsewhere.{{cite book|first1=Ruth|last1=Kark|first2=Seth J.|last2=Frantzman|title="One of the most spectacular lawsuits ever launched": Abdülhamid's heirs, his lands and the land case in Palestine, 1908-1950|year=2010|page=138}}

When they ran out of money, they made a living by selling his mother's or wife's jewelry. His maternal grandmother also used to send a small amount of money from time to time. However, with time it became difficult to making a living, and so he went to Paris, France, find work. During this time he lived with his elder half-sister Şadiye Sultan. Unable to find a suitable job, he made a living by playing piano and drums for three or five kuruş in cafes. He died in June 1945, and was buried in Bobigny cemetery, Paris.{{sfn|Osmanoğlu|2000|p=264}}

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• Order of the House of Osman, Jeweled,{{cite book|title=Salnâme-i Devlet-i Âliyye-i Osmanîyye, 1333-1334 Sene-i Maliye, 68. Sene|publisher=Hilal Matbaası|year=1918|pages=66–67}} May 1917{{sfn|Ekinci|2017|pp=62–63}}
• Order of Osmanieh, Jeweled
• Order of the Medjidie, Jeweled
• Liakat War Medal in Gold
• Imtiyaz War Medal in Gold

;Military ranks and army appointments

• Cavalry Lieutenant, Ottoman Army

• In the 2017 TV series Payitaht: Abdülhamid, Şehzade Ahmed Nureddin is portrayed by Turkish actor Alp Akar.{{Citation|title=Payitaht: Abdülhamid (TV Series 2017– )|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6536562/characters/nm8250915|access-date=2021-04-20}}

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• {{cite book|first=Ekrem Buğra|last=Ekinci|title=Sultan Abdülhamid'in Son Zevcesi|publisher=Timaş Tarih|date=March 31, 2017|isbn=978-6-050-82503-9}}
• {{cite book|first=Ayşe|last=Osmanoğlu|title=Babam Sultan Abdülhamid|publisher=Mona Kitap Yayinlari|year=2000|isbn=978-6-050-81202-2}}

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