in 1916, after Nihad married Nevrestan, her stepsister. She then married Ali Fehmi Doğrusöz, an Ottoman Officer, and had a son Feridun Doğrusöz. In 1934, in accordance to the Surname Law, she took the surname "Doğrusöz" She died on 24 November 1972 in Istanbul. His third wife was Nevrestan Hanım. She was born in 1893 in Adapazarı. Her father was Tahir Bey Atzamba, an Abkhazian Officer in the Ottoman Army, and her mother was Fatma Şazende Hanım. She had one brother, Aziz Bey. Fatma Şazende had married twice, and Tahir was her second husband, making Nevrestan Nezihe's stepsister. They married on 10 April 1915. In March 1924, she followed Nihad into exile. When the female members of the Ottoman dynasty were allowed to return to Turkey in 1952, Nevrestan moved to Serecebey, Istanbul. In accordance to the Surname Law, she took the surname "Osmanoğlu". She died in 1983. Exile At the exile of the imperial family in March 1924, Ahmed Nihad, his two wives and son, first went to Budapest, Hungary, then to Nice, France. Here they lived in his villa in Boulevard Carton. They then moved to Beirut, Lebanon where he lived for the rest of his life. Ahmed Nihad became the head of the exiled Imperial family in August 1944, following the death of Abdulmejid II. He was informed in writing of the decisions taken by the council during the meeting held in Prince Amr Ibrahim's home. But Şehzade Ömer Faruk did not accepted him as head of the family. On the other hand his wife Sabiha Sultan backed the council's decision and approved the choice of leader. Only the grandchildren of Sultan Abdulaziz, Şükriye Sultan, Mihrişah Sultan, and Mehmed Abdulaziz, sided with Ömer Faruk. According to Neslişah Sultan, Ahmed Nihad was an honest, gentle, and a polite person, but he spent the whole day sitting on a chair doing nothing. Besides, he did not have the capacity to fulfill such a role. According to her, Ömer Faruk on the other hand, who had always taken care of everybody's problems in the family, saw himself as the head of the family. In 1945, he suffered a stroke, which left him disabled. He spent his last days in a modest house, which was simply furnished, on a sofa covered with a rug, which was used as his bed. The only ornament in the room was the Turkish flag hanging