Background
Mehisti Kadınefendi was born as the daughter of Hacımaf Bey Akalsba and his wife Safiye Hanım.
Mehisti Kadınefendi was born as the daughter of Hacımaf Bey Akalsba and his wife Safiye Hanım.
She was the mother of Hatice Hayriye Ayşe Dürrüşehvar Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Her family came to Istanbul from Abkhazia and settled in Adapazarı. She was tall and had light brown hair and blue eyes.
Her daughter, Dürrüşehvar Sultan was married to Prince Azam Jah, the eldest son and heir of the last Nizam of Hyderabad State, Osman Ali Khan, Asif Jah VII, in Nice, on 12 November 1931.
Her daughter settled in India and she herself settled in London. Dürrüşehvar Sultan came to London in 1948.
While residing in London, Mehisti suffered a stroke, and died in 1964. She was buried in Brookwood Cemetery.
In 1924 she went into an exile along with other members of the family.