Şehzade Ahmed Nihad Efendi (, also Ahmed Nihad Osmanoğlu; 6 July 1883 – 4 June 1954) was an Ottoman prince, the son of Şehzade Mehmed Selaheddin, and the grandson of Sultan Murad V. He was the 38th Head of the Imperial House of Osman from 1944 to 1954. Early years Ahmed Nihad was born on 6 July 1883 in the Çırağan Palace. His father was Şehzade Mehmed Selaheddin, son of Sultan Murad V and Reftarıdil Kadın, and his mother was Naziknaz Hanım. He had a sister, Behiye Sultan, two years elder than him, and a sister, Behice Sultan, four years younger than him, stillbirth. He spent his entire childhood and early adulthood confined in Çırağan Palace. The Palace served as an enforced residence to his grandfather Sultan Murad, who had been deposed in 1876, and replaced by his brother, Sultan Abdul Hamid II. The restrictions imposed on the former Sultan extended to his entire family, and were not lifted until his death in 1904. In 1891, he was circumcised together with Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkadir, Şehzade Ahmed Nuri and Şehzade Mehmed Burhaneddin, sons of Sultan Abdul Hamid. On the death of his grandfather, Ahmed Nihad left his enforced confinement at Çırağan Palace and lived in his father's villa in Feneryolu. He then moved into his own mansion located on the intersection between Kılıç Ali Slope and Serencebey Slope above Çırağan Palace. He also received painting and history lessons from Tevfik Fikret. He was taught French Feridun Bey, a teacher at the Robert College and son of poetess Nigâr Hanım. He also lived in his father's villa in Kurbağalıdere and the Beylerbeyi Palace. By 1918, he was serving as the Colonel of Infantry in the Ottoman Army. Personal life Ahmed Nihad's first wife was Safiru Hanım. She was born on 15 August 1884 in İzmir. They married on 7 February 1902 in the Çırağan Palace, during the confinement Sultan Murad's family. She gave birth to the couple's only son Şehzade Ali Vâsib on 3 October 1903, one year before their ordeal in the Çırağan came to an end in 1904. In March 1924, she followed Nihad and their son into exile. She died on 15 November 1975 in Alexandria, Egypt. His second wife was Nezihe Hanım. She was born in 1890 in Circassia. Her mother was Fatma Şazende Hanım, who was the head kalfa in the harem of Sultan Murad. They divorced