Adila Khanum

Adila Khanum (1879 – July 1929) was a Turkish woman who was the third spouse of Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, King of Hejaz between 1916 and 1924.

[1] She was a daughter of Salah Bey and a granddaughter of Mustafa Rashid Pasha, who was a Grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire.

[3] Through Adila Khanum's father Hussein bin Ali developed close relations with the leading figures of Ittihat ve Terakki Cemiyeti during his exile in Constantinople until 1908 when he was appointed Sharif of Mecca.

[1] She died at age 50 in Larnaca, Cyprus, in July 1929 and buried there at the Hala Sultan, Umm Haram, Tekke.

[1] This is her epitaph:[1] This is the grave of the deceased Khadija Adila, granddaughter of the late Reshid Pasha, Grand Vizier formerly and wife of His Majesty Hussein bin Ali, King of the Hejaz.