Her father was prince Mahmud Bey Dziapş-lpa,[5][6] and her mother was princess Halime Hanım Çikotua, an Abkhazian.

The second was princess Aliye Hanım, who married prince Ismail Çikotua and was mother of Nazperver Kadın, consort of Sultan Mehmed V.[7] She had been brought to Istanbul as a young child, where her father entrusted her to the imperial harem together with her sister Ayşe.

The two of them were then placed in the service of Sultan Abdulmejid I's first wife Servetseza Kadın, where her name according to the custom of the Ottoman court was changed to Dürrinev.

[8] After Abdulaziz's accession to the throne on 25 June 1861,[9] Dürrinev was installed the principal consort with the title of "Baş Kadin".

[13][14] Maria Georgina Grey described her during the visit: The Sultan has only one wife, and she, in the presence of the old Sultana (his mother), is according to their etiquette, not allowed to speak, and I think it was only in honor of our visit that she was not obliged to sit on the floor...The young Sultana (the wife) had a very nice, distinguished face, according to our taste, but is not admired here at all, being considered too thin.

[20] Abdülaziz's wives were released on Abdülhamid II's accession to the throne in September 1876, but Dürrinev continued to live in Feriye Palace.

Dürrinev Kadın died on 4 December[4] 1895[10] at the Feriye Palace,[4] and was buried in the mausoleum of Sultan Mahmud II, located at Divan Yolu street, Istanbul.