Mezidimestan Kadın was born as the daughter of Kaymat Bey Mikanba and his wife Princess Feryal Marşan.[1] Her father was an Abkhazian noble man and her mother was a princess from the princely family of Marşan-Abaza. She was the niece of Emine Nazikedâ Kadınefendi's mother, Princess Fatma Horecan Aredba. Her real name was Kadriye Mikanba.