Her father was Sultan Abdul Hamid II, son of Abdulmejid I and Tirimüjgan Kadın.
[1] Her mother was Dilpesend Kadın,[2][3][4] daughter of Kızılbeg Maksud Giray Bey[5][6] and Esma Hanım.
[4] She displayed these skills during the visit of the German Emperor Wilhem II and his wife Empress Augusta Victoria to Istanbul in 1889, with her half-sister eight years older Naime Sultan.
Upon returning to her country, the Empress relayed that they left Istanbul with good memories and that Naile's musical talent was remarkable for her age.
The only man that ever entered the harem was the husband of her sister princess Refia Sultan.
[11] Arif Hikmet Pasha died in 1944, and in 1952, Naile Sultan returned to Istanbul after the revocation of the law of exile for princesses.