Durru Shehvar Durdana Begum Sahiba, Princess of Berar (born Hatice Hayriye Ayşe Dürrüşehvar Sultan; 1914 – 2006). Ottoman princess, only daughter of Abdulmejid II, who was the last heir apparent to the Ottoman Imperial throne and the last Caliph of the Ottoman Caliphate.
Highly respected and well-educated lady, the princess was fluent in French, Turkish, English and also Urdu. She was also a painter and a poet.
In 1931, her father arranged her marriage to Azam Jah, elder son and heir to Mir Osman Ali Khan. The two married at Villa Carabacel in Nice.
- "Philip Mason, of the Indian Civil Service, described her as "a commanding figure, handsome of feature, with a clear fair complexion and auburn hair… No one could ignore her or slight her." https://en.wikipedia.org/.../D%C3%BCrr%C3%BC%C5%9Fehvar...
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