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Şehzade Ali Vasib
Şehzade Ali Vâsib Efendi (also Ali Vasib Osmanoğlu; 13 October 1903 – 9 December 1983) was an Ottoman prince. From 1977 to his death in 1983, he was the 41st head of the Imperial House of Osman, the Ottoman royal dynasty.[1][2][3][4] Early lifeVâsib was born on 13 October 1903 in the Çırağan Palace, one year before their ordeal in the Çırağan came to an end in 1904. His father was Şehzade Ahmed Nihad, only son of Şehzade Mehmed Selaheddin and Naziknaz Hanm. His mother was Safiru Hanım. Ali Vasib was very attached to Şayan Kadın, his paternal grandfather's third consort, who chose to stay at Çırağan Palace even after Murad's death. Vasib called her "third grandmother" and often went to see her.[5][6][7] Vasib was educated at the Galatasaray and Harbiye Colleges in Istanbul. He attained the rank of Lieutenant in the Ottoman Army Infantry. He achieved the "Collar of the Hanedan-ı-Ali-Osman" and the "Mecidi Nişan", 1st Class.[citation needed] MarriageOn 30 November 1931, Vâsib married his half second cousin once removed Mukbile Sultan at the Ruhl Hotel in Nice, France, the only daughter of Şehzade Ömer Hilmi. Mukbile was the granddaughter of Sultan Mehmed V (half-brother of Sultan Murad V, great-grandfather of Vasib). The couple had one son, Şehzade Osman Selaheddin Vâsib Osmanoğlu, born on 7 July 1940), a chartered accountant. He married Athena Joy Christoforides; they have three sons and one daughter and grandchildren.[8][9] ExileAfter the formation of the Republic of Turkey in 1923 and the abolition of the Ottoman Sultanate and the Caliphate in the following year, Vasib and other members of his family were forced into exile.[10] They left Istanbul from Sirkeci railway station. Vasib lived in Budapest, Hungary, for a few months, before settling in Nice, France. Other family members moved to the South of France and to Italy, including Vahideddin, (Mehmed VI) who went to Sanremo; and Abdulmecid, (Vasib's cousin and the last Caliph) to Nice, after a short time in Switzerland.[citation needed] French passportsThe travel documents issued by the Turkish Republic to the members of the House of Osman on their exile were valid for only one year. Vasib intervened with the French government to obtain passports for them. Vasib made contact with the French Minister Count of Castellane through General Toulouse and his son, Captain Toulouse, who was a friend. The French passports listed the family as having Ottoman nationality and acknowledged their imperial titles.[citation needed] AlexandriaIn January 1935, Vasib moved to Alexandria, Egypt, with his wife and her family. For the next eighteen years, Vasib was the Director of the Antoniadis Palace, which served to accommodate foreign heads of state and dignitaries visiting Alexandria.[citation needed] Later yearsVasib was permitted to return to Turkey in 1974. From that time, he visited annually and his wife lived in a humble rented flat in the old part of the city near Sultan Ahmed Square. Vasib's memoirs have been published in Turkish. Vasib's son, Osman Selaheddin, transcribed the work from Ottoman Turkish script to present-day Turkish script.[citation needed] SuccessionOn 19 January 1977, following the death of his cousin, Şehzade Mehmed Abdulaziz, Vasib became head of the House of Osman. Had Vâsib become the reigning Sultan, he would have been "Sultan Ali I". DeathOn 9 December 1983, in Alexandria, Egypt, Vasib died from a stroke. He was 80. He was buried in Alexandria and later his remains were moved to Sultan Mehmed V Reşad Mausoleum, Eyüp. At the time of his death, he was the oldest living Ottoman prince. On his death, the Monarchist League wrote: "Prince Ali Vasib will be remembered as a man of great charm. His ease of manner and his gifts as a raconteur were the hallmarks of one of the last of the grands seigneurs of the Gotha."[citation needed] Honours
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IssueBy his wife, Şehzade Ali Vasib had an only son:
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