His father was Sultan Abdulmejid I, and his mother was Serfiraz Hanım,[1][2] daughter of Lah Osman Bey.

[7] On 20 May 1878,[8] an attempt was made to liberate Murad from the Çırağan Palace, and restore him to the throne.

[8] During the incident Ali Suavi, the radical political opponent of Abdul Hamid's authoritarian regime stormed the palace with a band of armed refugees from the recent Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878).

[8] Ali Suavi's men were unable to overcome the fierce resistance of the Beşiktaş police prefect, Hacı Hasan Pasha.

She was born on 17 July 1869 in Batumi, Georgia, Caucasus Viceroyalty, Russian Empire.

[14] A benevolent person, she looked after Naciye Sultan, and helped her in her lessons, and playing piano.

She was the daughter of Bezmiara Kadın, who was the former wife of Sultan Abdulmejid, whom she had divorced marrying Tevfik Pasha.

Cavidan was born on 28 October 1862,[16] and was raised by the Egyptian Princess Zeynep Hanım, daughter of Muhammad Ali of Egypt.

She was born on 4 February 1880 in Ganja, Azerbaijan, Caucasus Viceroyalty, Russian Empire.

[16][18] At the exile of the imperial family in March 1924, Tarziter and her son settled in Beirut, Lebanon.

She was the daughter of Prince Nuri Bey Tapş-Ipa and Princess Nazife Hanım Achba.

She started her work, devoted herself to charity and transformed the ground floor of her mansion into a tailor shop.

She started to send items such as quilts, blankets and clothes that she sewed here with the help of a few people to the families of the soldiers working on the front.