Nadine Sultana d’Osman Han (henceforth, “Nadine Sultana”) is the daughter of the late Selim bin Hamid Han (henceforth “Prince Selim”), son of Ottoman Sultan Abdulhamid II and his spouse, Seniha Zill-i Sultan, a Persian Princess.
Prince Selim started his journey into exile due to the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. First to Egypt then France, upon the overthrow of the Khedive Dynasty.
In the spring of 1940 while visiting France, Prince Selim with his spouse, a native to Brittany, were unable to return to Egypt due to World War II. Thus, Nadine Sultana and her three siblings were born in France.
In 1946, they were able to return to Alexandria, Egypt. Then, between 1948 and 1952 a cholera epidemic and political turmoil causing King Farouk’s exile, sent the family back to France where they remained.
Nadine Sultana studied in France, England and the US with emphasis in the political sciences, journalism and art in which she holds a degree. History has always been a great part of Nadine Sultana interests,
particularly the history of Persia, the Ottoman Empire and Turkey. Deeply spiritual in Sufi theology, Nadine Sultana devoted her life to bringing awareness to human sufferings through numerous international humanitarian conferences in which she was a speaker.
Her intensive research into social ills and cultural diversity brought her to many parts of the World from the Silk Road in Central Asia to the Middle East, Africa and Europe.
When she was 20 years old, while still a student in England, Nadine Sultana married an officer in the US Air Force who was training in France during the Vietnam era. Now married for 60 years, they have two wonderful and successful children and currently reside in the US.
From 1991-1997, while still holding the French citizenship, Nadine Sultana was elected as the French Representative delegate of New Mexico for the “Conseil Supérieur des Français de l’Étranger” under the western jurisdiction of the US.
From 1999-2005, Nadine Sultana was honorary vice-president and advisor for the International Qajar Studies Association as well as a contributor to its Journal.
From 2000-2020, until the COVID pandemic, Nadine Sultana was a UN NGO/DPI, Councilor for the World Council of Muslim Communities.
Nadine Sultana was also an advisor for Kamilat, a Sufi organization.
Nadine Sultana is a published author, a limited-edition publisher and an artist.
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