Damat

Damad (from Persian داماد, son ', expanded: Damad -ı Şehriyârî, Damad -ı hazreti padişahî; modern Turkish spelling: Damat ) was the official title of a man who had married into the family of the Ottoman sultan.

Examples

  • Rustem Pasha, married in 1539 Mihrimah Sultan, daughter of Sultan Suleiman I
  • Enver Pasha, married in March 1914 Emine Sultan Naciye, a daughter of the brother of Sultan Mehmed V. Reşad.
  • Hafiz Pasha Hakkı married Behiye Sultan, a granddaughter of Sultan Murad V.
  • Damad Ferid Pasha married Mediha Sultan, daughter of Sultan Abdülmecid I.
  • Damad Mahmud Pasha Cemaleddin married Seniha Sultan, daughter of Sultan Abdülmecid I.
Damat Ferid Pasha List of Ottoman titles and appellations
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