Ottoman Collection on Sale

Some of the private belongings that witnessed the final years of the Ottoman dynasty will be sold in Paris. More than 150 pieces belonging to the eldest daughter of the Sultan Abdülhamid II, Ayse Sultan (Osmanoglu), will be sold at an auction on March 8, zaman.org reported. Ayse Rabia Nami who is the granddaughter of Ayse Sultan will submit the original version written in the Ottoman language of her grandmother's final book titled "My Father Abdülhamid" to the Turkish Ambassador to France Uluc Ozulker. The collection to be sold consists of some private items belonging to the final and exiled years of the Ottoman family that had been kept by Ayse Osmanoglu, who died in 1960. The belongings of the Sultan Abdülhamid II include photographs of the Ottoman Family and Istanbul from the period, as well as books, manuscript notes, portraits of the Ottoman sultans, signatures, palace furniture, and embroidered clothes of the 1960 and translated into French under the title "From Palace to Exile with My Father" in 1991.

The famous collector Vincent Wepler who organized the auction titled "Memories from the Ottoman Palace" has also previously sold items of art belonging to the Ottoman Palace at auctions he had organized in 1996, 1998 and 1999. Meanwhile, many "haute couture" clothes belonging to the Ottoman period will also be sold in an auction called "200 Years of Fashion and Haute Couture" that will take place at the Hotel Drouot on March 7. Sultans' wives and daughters. Diaries kept by Ayse Sultan, who accompanied her father Sultan Abdülhamid II when he was sent into exile in 1909 to Selanik (Thessalonica), contain details about the years in exile in Thessalonica and France following the abolition of the Caliphate, and will be sold at the auction. The first dairy of the Ayse Sultan that was written in Istanbul titled "My Diary" includes important details about the palace life during the Abdülhamid period. Pajamas worn by Abdülhamid and his table garnished by him with bone embroideries are among the private items. Goods will be open for public viewing at the Hotel Drouot in
Paris where the auction will take place on March 5-6. Reportedly, the original version of the book in the Ottoman language that Ayse Rabia Nami will submit to Turkey will be given to Topkapi Palace. "My Father Abdülhamid" was published by the
Guven Publishing in Turkey in in 1960 and translated into French under the title “From Palace to Exile with My Father“ in 1991. The famous collector Vincent Wepler who organized the auction titled “Memories from the Ottoman Palace“ has also previously sold items of art belonging to the Ottoman Palace at auctions he had organized in 1996, 1998 and 1999.


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