In 1845, Cemile Sultan's mother, Empress Düzdidil Kadın, died leaving her motherless at the age of two. Abdülmecid took Cemile Sultan to her, and entrusted her into her care. the two siblings grew up together in the same household and spent their childhoods with one another. She also became the adoptive mother of Abdul Hamid II after the death of his own mother, Empress Tirimüjgan Kadın in 1852.[3]