Dürrüşehvar Sultan

Hatice Hayriye Ayşe Dürrüşehvar Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: خدیجه خیریه عائشه درشهوار سلطان, "respectfull lady", "blessed", "womanly" and "shining heroine"), after marriage Durru Shehvar Durdana Begum Sahiba, Princess of Berar; (26 January 1914 – 7 February 2006) was an Ottoman princess, the only daughter of the last caliph Abdulmejid II, who was the last heir apparent to the Ottoman Imperial throne and the last Caliph of the Ottoman Caliphate.

Dürrüşehvar Sultan
Princess of Berar and Imperial Princess of the Ottoman Empire
Dürrüşehvar Sultan by Cecil Beaton
Born(1914-01-26)26 January 1914
Çamlıca Palace, Üsküdar, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(present day Istanbul, Turkey)
Died7 February 2006(2006-02-07) (aged 92)
London, England
Burial
Spouse
(m. 1931; div. 1954)
Issue
  • Mukarram Asaf Jah VIII of Hyderabad
  • Muffakham Jah
Names
Turkish: Hatice Hayriye Ayşe Dürrüşehvar Sultan
Ottoman Turkish: خدیجه خیریه عائشه درشهوار سلطان
DynastyOttoman (by birth)
Asaf Jahi (by marriage)
FatherAbdulmejid II
MotherMehisti Hanım
ReligionSunni Islam
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