Hatice Sultan

Hatice Sultan (, "respectful lady"; 5 April 1870 – 13 March 1938) was an Ottoman princess, the eldest daughter of Sultan Murad V and his third consort Şayan Kadın. Early life Hatice Sultan was born on 5 April 1870 her father's villa in Kurbağalıdere. Her father was Murad V, son of Abdulmejid I and Şevkefza Kadın, and her mother was Şayan Kadın. She was the third child, and eldest daughter of her father and the only child of her mother. At her conception, Pertevniyal Sultan, mother and Valide Sultan of Sultan Abdülaziz, ordered Şayan to have an abortion, because it was forbidden for the Ottoman princes at the time to have children before ascending the throne. However, Murad had already had two sons thanks to Abdülaziz's favour. This time Pertevniyal Sultan insisted that the rules be respected. Then Murad, with Abdülaziz's help, bribed the doctor to tell Pertevniyal that the abortion had been performed, while hiding Şayan in Murad's villa, where she gave birth and raised Hatice Sultan in secret until 1876 when Murad ascended the throne. After Murad's accession to the throne on 30 May 1876, after the deposition of his uncle Abdulaziz, her family settled in Dolmabahçe Palace. After reigning for three months, he was deposed on 30 August 1876, due to mental instability and was imprisoned in Çırağan Palace by his half-brother Abdülhamid II. Hatice and her mother followed him into confinement. She was Murad V's favourite daughter. Life in confinement