"SITA RAMAM" MOIVE - REAL PRINCESS "NILUFER HANIMSULTAN"

When Nilüfer Hanmsultan was born on January 4, 1916, at Istanbul's Gztepe Palace, her mother's family was in charge of the Ottoman Empire. Her father was Moralzade Mehmed Ali Bey's and Zehra Aliye Hanm's son, Damad Moralzade Selaheddin Ali Bey. Adile Sultan, the granddaughter of Sultan Murad V and the daughter of Ehzade Mehmed Selaheddin and Tevhide Zatgül Hanm, was her mother.

She lost her father at the age of two in December 1918.

She and her mother moved to France, settling in the Mediterranean city of Nice, following the exile of the imperial family in March 1924.

MARRIAGE LIFE :

Mahpeyker Hanmsultan, the daughter of Naciye Sultan and Enver Pasha, was married to Moazzam Jah, the second son of the Nizam, in 1931. Dürrüşehvar Sultan, the only daughter of Caliph Abdulmejid II, was married to Azam Jah, the elder son and heir to Mir Osman Ali Khan, the Nizam of Hyderabad. Some sources claim that the Nizam made arduous attempts to win her cousin Dürrüşehvar's hand for his eldest son. Unhappy with the high mahr demanded by her family, he ultimately agreed to include a second Ottoman bride in the agreement. Although they had planned for Niloufer to wed a wealthy man, ehzade Osman Fuad and his wife, the Egyptian princess Kerime Hanm, wanted the younger son of the Nizam to wed Niloufer.They presented her to Muazzam Jah after dressing her up and making her look lovely. Mahpeyker could not match Niloufer's beauty at the time; she was a stunning beauty. When Muazzam Jah first saw her, he immediately put Mahpeyker out of his mind and insisted on getting Niloufer married. Up until 1952, Osman Füad received £ 25,000 a year in compensation for organising the nuptials.

The princes took an express train from London to Nice the day before the wedding, where they stayed at the Hotel Negresco. Niloufer, then fifteen years old, wed Moazzam Jah at Villa Carabacel in Nice on November 12, 1931. The cousin of Niloufer, Dürrüşehvar, was married to the elder son of the Nizam. Damad Mehmed Erif Pasha, the spouse of Abdulmejid's half-sister Emine Sultan, officiated at the wedding.The newlyweds went back to the hotel where they had stayed after the wedding. After the religious ceremony, the newlyweds went to the British consulate to finalise their civil union and validate their prenuptial agreement, which stated that Niloufer would receive $75,000 in compensation in the event of the husband's divorce or death.The princesses and their husbands left Venice on December 12, 1931, after the festivities in Nice, in order to travel to her father-in-court law's in Hyderabad, India.

They entered the Pilsna, an ocean liner. After attending the Second Round Table Conference in London in 1931, Mahatma Gandhi boarded the ship to return to India. He allegedly had a meeting with the princesses.On the way, they received instructions on how to dress in sarees and on proper behaviour when the Nizam is present. They boarded the Nizam's private train after arriving in Bombay. Along with her was Niloufer's mother. She also brought a French woman midwife to assist with the expected pregnancy. The princesses received an opulent welcome when they arrived in Hyderabad. On January 4, 1932, a banquet was held at the Chowmahalla Palace. After that, they retired to their respective homes. On Naubhat Pahad, Niloufer and Mouzzam Jah made their home in the Hill Fort structure. Niloufer was the object of Moazzam Jah's affection, and he had her painted and taken in pictures.

Between 1933 and 1948, Niloufer became a fashionista through whom the world got acquainted with Hyderabad.Her saris, jewellery preferences, and way of life all became topics of conversation. Photographers adored her effortless beauty, especially the skilled portrait photographer Antony Beauchamp. She was adored by the international press. It is said that Niloufer gave the Indian saree a touch of Parisian grace. Her sarees were crafted specially for her, by madhav das in Mumbai. Her wardrobe is still studied by fashion students around the world, and the New York Institute of Fashion Technology now holds a collection of her sarees in high regard.

NILOUFER'S HELP TO SOCIETY:

The lady Hydari club, through which niloufer also organised events and fundraisers, was one of the most notable aspects of her social life.

In order to raise money for London, Niloufer decided to organise the staging of the play Ondine (by dramatist jean giraudoux).which was repairing the harm caused by World War 2. Her father-in-law warned her that a princess should not be seen performing in a play. So, her secretary at the time Fathima Ghani, who would accompany her all the time and therefore even know the dialogues,took on the princess' role of a knight-errant Hans von Wittenstein zu Wittenstein.However, Niloufer's greatest contribution to Hyderabad wouldn't materialise until 1949.

She was so devastated when her maid passed away during childbirth that she made the decision to make sure that no more such deaths occur. She made the decision to establish a maternity hospital in Nampally, which is still operational today.

LATER LIFE OF NILOUFER:

While her cousin had two sons, Niloufer struggled to conceive for a number of years. She sought the advice of numerous physicians in Europe and intended to travel to America for medical treatment. Moazzam Jah married Razia Begum in 1948, seventeen years after getting married to Niloufer, and she soon gave birth to their first child, a daughter. Niloufer travelled to France to live with her mother. In 1952, four years later, they got divorced. She continued to draw media attention at the age of 36 and was repeatedly offered movie roles, which she politely declined.Dürrüşehvar called Niloufer in 1954 and asked for assistance in burying her father. She had made several efforts to have her father's body buried in Istanbul, but could not obtain the permission of the Turkish government. He had requested to be interred in Hyderabad or Turkey. When Pakistan's Governor-General at the time was Malik Ghulam Muhammad, a former official in the Nizam's administration, Niloufer called him. To relay the request, he made a call to the then-King of Saudi Arabia, Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. He was finally laid to rest in Saudi Arabia in the Al-Baqi after the King granted the request.

Niloufer wed Edward Julius Pope Jr. on February 21, 1963, in Paris. He was the son of Edward Julius Pope and Mary Allaway Pope, and was three years her junior. He was a producer, screenwriter, and diplomat who also ran a business. She had kept every one of her papers, records, and photos, and Edward intended to use them to create a movie about her.

DEATH:S

he passed away in Paris on June 12th, 1989, and was laid to rest in France's Bobigny cemetery. After that, Edward departed Paris and went back to Washington. In 1990, he wed Evelyn Maddox Pope, a classmate from his early years, there. Five years after this union, in 1995, Edward passed away.

The Pope family generously shared Niloufer's legacy, which included her impressive collection of saris, after she passed away. Princess Niloufer's legacy was upheld by Evelyn, Edward Pope's second wife, through donations and museum exhibits utilising her collections.