Life
He was born as the third son of Prince Mehmed Selaheddin Efendi, by his fifth wife, Jalefer Hanımefendi, and grandson of Murad V. He spent his early childhood confined in Çırağan Palace, Ortaköy in Istanbul. The Palace served as an enforced residence to his grandfather Mehmed V, who had been deposed in 1876, and replaced by his brother, Abdülhamid II. The restrictions imposed on the former Sultan extended to his entire family, and were not lifted until his death in 1904. On the death of his grandfather, Osman Fuad Efendi, left this life of confinement and for a few years lived in the properties rented by his father in Feneryolu, Kuruçeşme and Ortaköy, before living with his grandmother Şayân Kadınefendi, the third wife of Sultan Murad V, at the Çırağan Palace.
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