Background
Meyliservet was born on 21 October 1854 to a Circassian noble family in Batumi, Georgia.
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Career
She came to Istanbul with her family, where she was delivered at the court of the Ottoman Sultan. Receiving her education in the palace, Meyliservet also went unto court service. When she entered her twentieth year she was noticed by Şehzade Murad (future Sultan Murad V).
At the age of twenty, Meyliservet married Murad on 8 June 1874 in the Ortaköy Palace.
Once Meliservet got over a fever but was still in a delicate state. One evening she gathered around her the kalfas of whom she was fond and had them read aloud to her the novel Hasan the Sailor.
She fainted for some time, and became so ill that she became unable to speak. After three days she made it known that she wanted pen and paper.
She wrote the following testament and showed it to Murad: "I shall not recover from this illness.
30 May 1876 - 31 August 1876: Devletlu İsmetlu Meyliservet Dördüncü Kadınefendi Hazretleri (Her Highness The Fourth Imperial Lady Consort Meyliservet).
