Princess Durru Shehvar was the daughter of Abdülmecid II of the Ottoman dynasty, who was the last heir apparent to the Imperial Ottoman throne and the last Caliph of the Muslim world.
Background
The princess was born in Üsküdar, Istanbul when the Ottoman Empire was passing through its last phase. Her father, Caliph Abdülmecid II, went into exile in Paris, France after the abolition of the Caliphate by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in 1924.
Career
She held the titles of Princess of Berar through marriage, and Imperial Princess of the Ottoman Empire by birth before the monarchy"s abolition in 1922. Youth Marriage Later life The Princess became the first woman to inaugurate an airport when she inaugurated the airport in Hyderabad in the 1940s. She is also credited with inaugurating the Osmania General Hospital.
Her last public appearance in the city was when she presided over the opening ceremony of the Nizam’s Silver Jubilee Museum in 2000.
She last visited Hyderabad in 2004. She was upset about Turkish Government"s attitude against her family members after declaration of the republic.
Her Imperial and Exalted Highness The Princess Hatice Hayriye Ayşe Dürrüşehvar Sultan, Princess Imperial of the Ottoman Empire, Princess of Berar.
Membership
Despite being member of Ottoman royal family she refused to be buried in Turkey since she was upset that the Turkish Government refused in 1944 her father"s burial in Istanbul.