La gracieuse Princess Durri-Chechvar Sultane, fille de S.M. le Calife. Young girl (alternate spelling: Hadice Hayriye Ayshe Dürrühsehvar), daughter of Caliph Abdulmecid II, half-length portrait, seated, facing left, approximately 9 years old. Photograph by Sebah & Joaillier, July 1923.

Princess Durru Shahvar , whose father was raised by a branch of the Ottoman monarchy deeply interested in modernizing reforms and believed in modern education for women including his wives and daughter, became a popular public figure after her arrival in Hyderabad. She believed that women should earn their own living, and helped to remove the practice of purdah.

From the U.S. Library of Congress.