Editing Murad V (section)

==== Life in confinement ====
[[File:Istanbul Çırağan Palace (239841121).jpeg|thumb|right|Çırağan Palace, where Murad and his family were confined by Sultan Abdul Hamid for twenty-eight years until Murad's death in 1904]]
His mental faculties restored, Murad lived out a far more benign existence than that attributed to him by the Western press. Reports through the years claimed that he languished in prison, or escaped and was hiding, or lectured his brother on the Armenian troubles.{{sfn|Brookes|2010|p=17}}

After his mother's death in 1889, Murad focused all his love and attention on his children. Selaheddin became his companion in grief, and the two of them passed long hours together reminiscing and speculating about the future. For a time, they took an interest in the ''[[Mesnevi]]'', taking great pleasure in reciting verses from it.{{sfn|Brookes|2010|pp=98–99}}