Editing Murad V (section)

=== Early life ===
Murad V was born as Şehzade Mehmed Murad{{sfn|Satı|2020|p=8}} on 21 September 1840{{sfn|Brookes|2010|p=16}} in the [[Çırağan Palace]]{{sfn|Satı|2020|p=6}} in [[Constantinople]].<ref>[http://concise.britannica.com/ebc/article-9368294/Istanbul ''Britannica'', "Istanbul"]: "Until the Turkish Post Office officially changed the name in 1930, however, the city continued to bear the millenary name of Constantinople."</ref> His father was Sultan [[Abdulmejid I]], son of Sultan [[Mahmud II]] and [[Bezmiâlem Sultan]]. His mother was [[Şevkefza Sultan]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Kesitler|website=Osmanlı Web Sitesi| url=http://www.osmanli700.gen.tr/kesitler/anneleri.html|language=tr|access-date=31 January 2021}}</ref> an ethnic [[Georgians|Georgian]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Edhem|last=Eldem|title=The harem seen by Prince Salahaddin Efendi (1861–1915). Searching for women in male-authored documentation|year=2018|page=21}}</ref>

In September 1847,{{sfn|Satı|2020|pp=8–9}} aged seven, he was ceremoniously circumcised together with his younger half-brother, [[Abdul Hamid II|Şehzade Abdul Hamid]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Mehmet Arslan|title=Osmanlı saray düğünleri ve şenlikleri: Manzum sûrnâmeler|year=2008|publisher=Sarayburnu Kitaplığı|isbn=978-9944-905-63-3|page=329}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Dünden bugüne İstanbul ansiklopedisi|year=1993|publisher=Kültür Bakanlığı|isbn=978-975-7306-07-8|page=72}}</ref>

Murad was educated in the palace. His tutors included Toprik Süleyman Efendi, who taught him the [[Quran]], Ferrik Efendi, who taught him [[Ottoman Turkish|Ottoman Turkish language]], Sheikh Hafız Efendi, who taught him [[Hadith]] (the traditions of Muhammad), Monsieur Gardet, who taught him French, and Callisto Guatelli and Italian Lombardi, who taught him to play piano.{{sfn|Sakaoğlu|2015|p=440}}{{sfn|Satı|2020|p=9}}