Hayrünissa Hanım

Hayrünnisa Hanım (also Hayrünnisa Kadın, Several of her relatives served as ladies-in-waiting at the Ottoman court in Istanbul, so Hayrünnisa was sent there under the tutelage of an aunt. She received a good education and became known as a cultured and educated woman, as well as a virtuoso on the cello.

On 1 November 1922, the Sultanate was abolished and Mehmed VI, Abdulmecid's cousin, was deposed. However, Abdülmecid was chosen to inherit the symbolic-religious title of Caliph and, consequently, moved with his family to Dolmabahçe Palace. Less than a year later, on 29 October 1923, the abolition of the caliphate was also decreed, and on 3 March 1924, the expulsion decree was issued for all members of the Ottoman dynasty, who were to leave the country within a few days. That same evening, government officials escorted Abdülmecid and his family to Çatalca station, where they were given 2,000 pounds and visas for Switzerland.

From Switzerland, in October they moved to Nice, France, where many of the dynasty's members had gathered. Hayrünnisa died there on 3 September 1936.