 She spent six years in France studying English, French, German as well as the History of Art at the Sorbonne University, France.She was a granddaughter-in-law of Sultan Abdülmecid II, the last Ottoman Caliph.Manolya married with Mukarram Jah in August 1992 at Ciragan Palace, Hyderabad and became a princess styled as H.E.H.