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EGYPT

The Muhammad 'Ali Dynasty

GENEALOGY

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1805 - 1848 H.H. Muhammad 'Ali Pasha (Muhammad 'Ali the Great), Vali of Egypt, Nubia, Darfur, Kordofan and Sennar, of Crete, Damascus, Tripoli (Lebanon), Syria, Safed, Sidon, Beirut, and Aleppo, Mutasharrif of the Sanjaks of Jerusalem, Nablus, Cania and Retimo. b. at Kavala, Macedonia, before 8^th April 1769, younger son of Ibrahim Agha, sometime cdt. of the fortress guarding Kavala Pass, by his wife, Zainab, daughter of Husain Agha, educ. privately. Appointed as Yol Agassi in succession to his father, prom. Bulukbashi and coy. cdr. 1791, second-in-cmnd. Albanian contingent sent against Bonaparte in Egypt 1799, landed at Aboukir 14^th July 1799, prom. Bimbashi 1800, prom. Saréchesme (Brig. or Col.) 1801, cdr. of the Albanian contingent 1803-1804, Governor of Jirja 1804-1805. Invested with the title of Pasha and appointed as Governor of Jeddah, 10^th May 1805. Elected and invested at Bayt al-Qadi as Vali (Governor) of Egypt by the Grand Council of Cairo, 13^th May 1805 (confirmed by the ulema 8^th June 1805). Confirmed by Imperial Ottoman Firman and prom. to Pasha of three horse tails 9^th July 1805. Formally invested on behalf of the Sultan, at Azbakiya, Cairo, 23^rd March 1806. He defeated and masacred the mamluks at the Cairo Citadel 1^st March 1811, thereby consolidating his control over Egypt. Conquered the Sudan in 1822-23, and occupied Syria 1831-39. Appointed as Governor of Crete 1823, and Pasha of Acre 16^th January 1824. Recognised by the Sultan of Turkey as Vali of Damascus, Tripoli (Lebanon), Syria, Safed, Sidon, Beirut, and Aleppo, Mutasharrif of the Sanjaks of Jerusalem, Nablus, Cania and Retimo 15^th April 1833. Confirmed in the hereditary (primogeniture to the eldest male) Pashalik of Egypt, Nubia, Darfur, Kordofan and Sennar by Imperial Ottoman Firman 13^th February 1841 (confirmed anew 1^st June 1841). Resigned in favour of his eldest son when he became incapacitated, 1^st September 1848. Field Marshal, Imperial Ottoman Army 25/6/1832. Rcvd: the Order of the August Portrait (Tasvir-i Humayun Nishani), and the Order of Glory (Atiq Nishan-i-Iftikhar) 1^st class of Turkey, and GC of the Order of the Legion of Honour of France. m. at least fifteen wives, including (first) at Kavala, 1787, Amina Khanum Effendimiz (b. at Nusretli, 1770; d. at the Citadel, Cairo, 1824, bur. there at the Hosh al-Basha, Imam al-Shafi'i), widow of 'Ali Bey, and daughter of 'Ali Agha, of Nusretli, a near relation of Khalil Ahmad Agha, Governor of Drama. m. (second) Mah-Duran Khanum Effendi (d.s.p. at the Palace of Shubra, Cairo). He also m. (a) Jilfidan Kadin (d. 1813). m. (b) Qamar Kadin (d. 1868). m. (c) Mumtaz Kadin [Manthas Kalfa?] (d. 9^th February 1868). m. (d) Pakiza Kadin. m. (e) Shams uz-Zafar Khanum [Scham Schachar Kalfa?](d. at Kasr al-Nil, near Bulaq, 1846), who became principal lady of the harem with the courtesy title of Khanum 1824. m. (f) Shams-i-Nur Khanum (d. 1863, bur. Fenayi Cemetery, Scutari), a Circassian. m. (g) Mahivash Kadin [Zeccha Kalfa?] (d. 1856). m. (h) Namshaz Kadin (b. ca. 1798; d. at Istanbul, 1864). m. (i) Nur-i-Sham Kadin (d. 1869), a Circassian. m. (j) Naila Kadin. m. (k) Sania Shah Kadin [Um Nu'man] (d. 1816). m. (l) Khadija Ziba Kadin [Zépha Kalfa?] (d. 1878), a Circassian. m. (m) Um Iskander [Zelpha Kalfa?], a former Georgian slave. m. (n) Ain ul-Hayat Khanum [Schan Pezent Kalfa?] (d. 1849), raised to the courtesy title of Khanum. He d. at Moharrem Bey, near Alexandria, 2^nd August 1849 (bur. at the Mosque of Muhammad 'Ali al-Kabir, the Citadel, Cairo), having had issue, seventeen sons and thirteen daughters::

1) H.H. Ibrahim Pasha, Vali of Egypt, etc. (s/o Amina Khanum Effendimiz) - see below.
2) Field Marshal H.H. Prince Muhammad Ahmad Tusun Pasha. b. at Nusretli, Drama, before 28^th July 1794 (s/o Amina Khanum Effendimiz). Governor of Jedda and C-in-C of the Hijaz 1811-1816. Granted the rank of Mîrmîran Pasha 1809, prom. to Vizier and Pasha with three horse-tails 1813. m. (first) Bamba [Benba] Khanum (d. at Cairo, 1871), sister of Fatimat uz-Zahra Khanum, daughter of H.E. Muhammad Arif Bey, and grand daughter of H.H. Khalil Hamid Pasha, sometime Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire. m. (second) Mahtab Khanum (d. 1866). m. (a) Shams-i-Jahan Kadin. He d. of the plague at Barnabal Palace, near Rosetta, 28^th September 1816 (bur. Hosh al-Basha, Imam al-Shafi'i, Cairo), having had issue, two sons and three daughters:
- a) H.H. 'Abbas I Hilmi Pasha, Vali of Egypt, Nubia, Darfur, Kordofan and Sennar (s/o Bamba Khanum) - see below.
- b) Usman Bey. He d. young at Cairo, 1815 (bur. Imam al-Shafi'i Cemetery).
- a) Khadija Khanum Effendi. She d. at Cairo, 1817 (bur. Imam al-Shafi'i Cemetery).
- b) Zuka Khanum Effendi. She d. at Cairo, 1817 (bur. Imam al-Shafi'i Cemetery).
- c) Aisha Khanum Effendi. She d. at Cairo, 1817 (bur. Imam al-Shafi'i Cemetery).
3) Prince 'Abdu'l-Halim Bey. b. at Kavala, 1795 (s/o Amina Khanum Effendimiz). He d. at Alexandria, 1818, aged twenty-three years (bur. there at the Nabi Danial Cemetery, later transf. Cairo).
4) Lieutenant-General H.H. Prince Ismail Iskander 'Ali Kamil Pasha. b. at Kavalla, before 6^th July 1796 (s/o Amina Khanum Effendimiz). Presented the Sultan of Turkey with the Keys to Mecca on his father's behalf 1813, raised to the rank of Mîrmîran Pasha with two horse-tails 18^th August 1810, C-inC of an exped. to the Sudan 1820. m. at Azbakiya, Cairo, 22^nd September 1813 (nikah) and 6^th January 1814 (zifaf), Fatimat uz-Zahra Ghalin Khanum (d. 5^th June 1858), instrumental in persuading the Sultan of Turkey to settle the hereditary succession on the family of Muhammad 'Ali in 1841, sister of Bamba Khanum, daughter of H.E. Muhammad Arif Bey, and grand daughter of H.H. Khalil Hamid Pasha, sometime Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire. He was k. (burned alive in his sleeping quarters), by Nimr Muhammad Nimr, at Shindi, Sudan, 5^th November 1822 (bur. Hosh al-Basha, Imam al-Shafi'i, Cairo), having had issue, an only son:
- a) Umar Bey. He d. young at Cairo, 1816 (bur. Hosh al-Basha, Imam al-Shafi'i, Cairo).
5) Ja'afar Bey. He d. at Cairo, 1810 (bur. Hosh al-Basha, Imam al-Shafi'i, Cairo).
6) Nu'man Bey (s/o Sania Shah Kadin). He d. at Cairo, 1815 (bur. Hosh al-Basha, Imam al-Shafi'i, Cairo).
7) Prince 'Abdu'l-Halim Bey. b. 1819. He d. at Alexandria, before April 1821 (bur. there at the Nabi Danial Cemetery, later transf. Cairo). Copyright© Christopher Buyers
8) Prince Iskander Bey. b. at Alexandria, 15^th April 1821 (s/o Qamar Kadin?). He d. at Istanbul, June 1823.
9) Prince 'Abdu'l-Halim Bey. b. 8^th October 1821, educ. Egyptian Mission Sch., Paris. He d. at Alexandria, 1829 (bur. there at the Nabi Danial Cemetery, later transf. Cairo).
10) H.H. Muhammad Sa'id Pasha, Vali of Egypt, etc. (s/o Ain ul-Hayat Khanum) - see below.
11) Prince Halim Bey. He d. 1823 (bur. Hosh al-Basha, Imam al-Shafi'i, Cairo) (not one of the other Halims).
12) Prince Mahmud Bey. b. at Alexandria, February 1825. He d. at Cairo, 1829.
13) Prince Husain Bey. b. 1825 (s/o Mumtaz Kadin), educ. Egyptian Mission Sch., Paris. He d. at Paris, 1847 (bur. Nabi Danial Cemetery, Alexandria).
14) Prince 'Abdu'l-Halim Bey. b. 1826. He d. at Alexandria, 1830 (bur. there at the Nabi Danial Cemetery).
15) Prince Muhammad 'Ali Sadik Bey. b. 3^rd March 1828 (s/o Mahivash Kadin). He d. at Cairo, 1836 (bur. there at the Hosh al-Basha, Imam al-Shafi'i). Copyright© Christopher Buyers
16) Lieutenant-General H.H. Prince Muhammad 'Abdu'l-Halim Pasha. b. at Cairo, 25^th March 1830 (s/o Namshaz Kadin), educ. Princes' Sch., Cairo, al-Khanka High Sch., and École Speciale Militaire de St Cyr, Paris. Adtr. Kavalla Charitable Endowment 1849-1868, Lt-Gen., C-in-C, Dir. War Dept., Governor-General of the Sudan 1856, prom. Vizier, Presdt. Privy Cncl. 1863-1864, exiled to Istanbul in 1868 for plotting against Khedive Ismail, Mbr. Ottoman Cncl. of State. Grand Master of the District Grand Lodge of Egypt 1867-1878. Rcvd: the Imperial Orders of the Osmans (Nishan-i-Osmanieh) special class, and Nobility (Nishan-i-Majidieh) special class of Turkey, GC of the Order of St Olav of Norway (25.7.1866), etc. m. (first) at the Palace of Shubra, Cairo, 22^nd March 1864, Vijdan Khanum (d. at the Palace of Shubra, Cairo, 1889; bur. Fadayi, Scutari). m. (second) at the Palace of Shubra, Cairo, 20^th December 1865, Taran-i-Dil Khanum (b. 1846; d. at Istanbul, 13^th August 1933). m. (a) ca. 1858, Taran-i-Dil II Kadin. m. (b) ca. 1863, Ashna-Dil Kadin. m. (c) ca. 1867, Saza Kadin. m. (d) ca. 1868, Mazhar Fizi Kadin. m. (e) ca. 1869, Nadin-Dil Kadin. m. (f) Shawki Gadd [Shawkat?]. m. (g) Khadija Leya Kadin. He d. at his Yali, Baltaliman, Bosphorus, 4^th June 1894 (bur. Istanbul), having had issue, four sons and eight daughters:
- a) General H.H. Prince Muhammad Sa'id Halim Pasha. b. at the Palace of Shubra, Cairo, 19^th February 1864 (s/o Vijdan Khanum), educ. Univ. of Lausanne. Granted the personal title of Mîrmîran Pasha together with the rank of Lieut-Gen. Imperial Ottoman Army 13/5/1888, Mbr. Cttee. of Union & Progress, prom. Gen. with the rank of Rûmeli beylerbeyisi 23/9/1900, Counsellor of State 1912-1913, Minister for Foreign Affairs 1913-1915, and Grand Vizier 1913-1917. Rcvd: the Exalted Order of Honour (Nishan-i-Ali-Imtiaz) (1913), the Imperial Orders of the the Nobility (Nishan-i-Majidieh) special class in brilliants (25.11.1899, 2^nd class 13.5.1888), and the Osmans (Nishan-i-Osmanieh) 1^st class (22.4.1892, 2^nd class 23.2.1889), Knt. of the Order of the Black Eagle of Prussia (8.11.1915), GC of the Orders of National Merit of Bulgaria, Red Eagle of Prussia (8.11.1915), Leopold of Austria, etc. m. (first) at Yeniköy, Bosphorus, 1895, H.H. Princess Amina Inji Khanum (b. at Istanbul, 3^rd January 1876; d. at Yeniköy, Bosphorus, 31^st May 1915), second daughter of Lieutenant-General H.H. Prince Muhammad Tusun Pasha, by his wife, Pashashat-Nur Khanum Effendi. m. (second) 1916, Nazli Khanum. He was k. (assassinated) at Rome, Italy, 6^th December 1921 (bur. Fenâyî Mausoleum, Scutari), having had issue, two sons by his first wife: Copyright© Christopher Buyers
  - i) H.H. Prince Muhammad 'Abdu'l-Halim Bey Turkhan. b. at Yeniköy, Bosphorus, 29^th March 1896. Bibliophil, cellist, and musician. He d. unm. at Istanbul, 25^th January 1960.
  - ii) H.H. Damad Nabil 'Umar Ibrahim Halim Bey Effendi. b. at Yeniköy, Bosphorus, 16^th February 1898. Lieut. Imperial Ottoman Army. Granted the title of Nabil 21^st June 1922 m. (first) at the Dolma Bahche Palace, Istanbul, 1912 (div. 1913), H.I.H. Princess Bahija Sultana (b. at the Dolma Bahche Palace, Istanbul, 8^th November 1900; m. second, 3^rd May 1921 (div. 1931) Kamal ud-din Bey. m. third, 9^th November 1934, Damad Dr Hafiz Zaki Bey Effendi, and d. at Alexandria, Egypt, 1950, bur. there at the Khedive Tawfik Mausoleum, Kait Bey), eldest daughter of Lieutenant-General H.I.H. Prince Muhammad Zia ud-din Effendi, GCVO, by his first wife, Parnian Khanum Effendi. m. (second) at Cairo, 22^nd April 1922, as her first husband (div. 2^nd December 1924), Nabila Amina (b. at Alexandria, 2^nd February 1903; m. third, 14^th November 1932 (div.) 'Ali Kamal Bey. m. fourth, Captain Cornelius Beckham Bretsch, USN), eldest daughter of H.H. Prince Muhammad 'Umar Tusun Pasha, by his wife, H.H. Princess Bahija Khanum Effendi, daughter of Field Marshal H.H. Prince Hasan Ismail Pasha. m. (second) at Halki, 10^th October 1936 (div. there 16^th June 1937) Nabila Amina Panba Khanum Effendi (b. at Istanbul, 1^st June 1899; m. fourth, 1939, Sabri Shukri Bey Bayindir, and d. at Istanbul, 6^th February 1979), formerly wife of Lieutenant-General H.E. Kamal ud-din Sami Pasha, and before that wife of Lieutenant-Colonel H.I.H. Prince 'Abdu'r Rahim Hayri Effendi of Turkey, third daughter of Lieutenant-General H.H. Prince Muhammad 'Abbas Halim Pasha, by his wife H.H. Princess Khadija, second daughter of H.H. Muhammad Tawfik Pasha, Khedive of Egypt, etc. GCB, GCSI. He d. 1954 (bur. Khedive Tawfik Mausoleum, Kait Bey, Cairo), having had issue, an only son:
    - (1) Nabil Muhammad Sa'id Umar. b. 9^th January and d. at Giza, 11^th January 1924 (s/o Amina). Copyright© Christopher Buyers
- b) Lieutenant-General H.H. Prince Muhammad 'Abbas Halim Pasha. b. at the Palace of Shubra, Cairo, 29^th September 1866 (s/o s/o Vijdan Khanum), educ. Univ. of Lausanne, Switzerland. Granted the rank and title of Mîrmîran Pasha 15^th May 1888. Governor-General of Rumelia 1895, and of Bursa 1913-1914, Imperial Ottoman Minister for Public Works 1914. Rcvd: the Imperial Orders of the Osmans (Nishan-i- Osmanieh) 1^st class and the Nobility (Nishan-i-Majidieh) 1^st class. m. at the 'Abdin Palace, Cairo, 30^th January 1895 (nikah) and at the Palace of Shubra, Cairo, 1^st February 1895 (zifaf), H.H. Princess Fakhr un-nisa Khadija Khanum Effendi (b. at Cairo, 2^nd May 1879; d. at Cairo, 22^nd February 1951), second daughter of H.H. Muhammad Tawfik Pasha, Khedive of Egypt, etc. GCB, GCSI, by his wife H.H. Princess Amina, daughter of Lieutenant-General H.H. Damad Prince Ibrahim al-Hami Pasha. He d. at Hulvan, 10^th January 1935, having had issue, six daughters:
  - i) Nabila Nasiba Vijdan Nishina Khanum. b. at Istanbul, 31^st March 1897. Granted the title of Nabila 21^st June 1922. m. at Heybeli, Istanbul, 20^th January 1920 (nikah) and at Halki, 12^th May 1921 (zifaf), Colonel Naji Hilmi Bey (b. 17^th March 1887; d. 21^st March 1956), son of 'Ali Morali Bey and grandson of Grand Admiral H.E. Morali Ibrahim Pasha, sometime Ottoman Minister for the Navy. She d. at Istanbul, 4^th February 1966 (bur. there at the Sahray-i-Cedid), having had issue, one son and one daughter.
  - ii) Nabila Karima Halima Fatima Khanum Effendi [H.H. Princess Yusuf Kamal]. b. at Istanbul, 15^th March 1898. Granted the title of Nabila 21^st June 1922. m. at the Fariya Palace, Bashiktash, 26^th March 1920 (div. at Paris, 22^nd November 1932), General H.I.H. Prince (Sultan) Osman Fu'ad Effendi, 39^th Head of the Imperial House of Osman (b. at the Ciragan Palace, Ortakoy, 24^th February 1895; d.s.p. Nice, France, 19^th May 1973, and Bobigny Muslim Cemetary, Paris), third son of H.I.H. Prince Muhammad Salih ud-din Effendi, by his fourth wife, Jalafar Khanum Effendi. m. (second) at Cairo, 4^th June 1934 (div. at Cairo, 29^th October 1937), H.H. Prince Yusuf Kamal Pasha (b. at Cairo, 17^th October 1882; d.s.p. 1^st February 1967), only son of H.H. Prince Ahmad Kamal Pasha, by his second wife Princess Naz-Parwar Khanum. She d.s.p. 28^th March 1971.
  - iii) Nabila Amina Panba Khanum Effendi. b. at Istanbul, 1^st June 1899. Granted the title of Nabila 21^st June 1922. m. (first) at Nishantashi, Pera, 4^th May 1919 (nikah) and 5^th July 1919 (zifaf) (div. 26^th September 1923) Lieutenant-Colonel H.I.H. Prince (Sultan) 'Abdu'r Rahim Hayri Effendi (b. at the Yildiz Palace, 15^th August 1894; d. at Paris, 18^th January 1952), fifth son of H.I.M. Sultan 'Abdu'l- Hamid II, Grand Sultan of Turkey, by his wife H.H. Payvasta Usman Haseki Sultana. m. (second) at Berlin, 28^th May 1925, Lieutenant-General H.E. Kamal ud-din Sami Pasha Gökçen (b. 1884; d. at Berlin, 15^th April 1934, bur. Shahidligi, Eyüb), prom. Maj-Gen 1/9/1922, prom. Lieut-Gen 24/9/1928, sometime Turkish Ambassador to Germany. m. (third) at Halki, 10^th October 1936 (div. there, 16^th June 1937) Damad Nabil 'Umar Halim Bey Effendi (b. at at Yeniköy, Bosphorus, 16^th February 1898; d. 1954), second son of H.H. Prince Muhammad Sa'id Halim Pasha, by his wife H.H. Princess Amina Inji, second daughter of Lieutenant-General H.H. Prince Muhammad Tusun Pasha. m. (fourth) 1939, Sabri Shukri Bey Bayindir (b. 12^th October 1908; d. after 1980). She d. at Istanbul, 6^th February 1979, having had issue, an only daughter by her first husband (see Turkey), and one son by her second. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
  - iv) Nabila Tawfika Hamida Khanum. b. at Istanbul, 6^th August 1900. Granted the title of Nabila 21^st June 1922. m. at Istanbul, 11^th September 1919, 'Abbas Bey Celâloglu (b. at Cairo, 7^th May 1897), son of H.E. Muhammad 'Ali Jalal Pasha, by his first wife, H.H. Princess Karima Khanum, seventh daughter of H.H. Prince Muhammad 'Abdu'l-Halim Pasha. She had issue, four sons.
  - v) Nabila Ni'matu'llah Khanum. b. at Halki, 10^th July 1908. Granted the title of Nabila 21^st June 1922. m. at Istanbul, 27^th August 1931, Ahmad Bey Celâloglu, younger son of H.E. Muhammad 'Ali Jalal Pasha, by his second wife, H.H. Princess Iffat Khanum Effendi, second daughter of Field Marshal H.H. Prince Hasan Ismail Pasha, sometime Minister for War and High Commissioner for the Sudan.
  - vi) Nabila Zainab Marzuka Khanum. b. at Halki, 10^th April 1915. Granted the title of Nabila 21^st June 1922. m. at Hulvan, 2^nd April 1931 (div. March 1932) (Sahib ul-Izza) Ihsan Muhsin Bey (b. 1908; d. at Villa d'Este-Montorfana, Italy, 11^th October 1949), younger son of H.E. (Sahib us-Sa'ada) Hasan Muhsin Pasha, by his wife, H.H. Princess Aziza Khanum Effendi, eldest daughter of Field Marshal H.H. Prince Hasan Ismail Pasha.
- c) Lieutenant-General H.H. Prince Muhammad 'Ali Halim Pasha. b. at the Palace of Shubra, Cairo, 21^st February 1869 (s/o Mazhar Fizi Kadin), educ. Granted the rank and title of Mîrmîran Pasha. Rcvd: the Imperial Orders of the Osmans (Nishan-i- Osmanieh) 1^st class and the Nobility (Nishan-i-Majidieh) 1^st class. m. at the Palace of Shubra, Cairo, 4^th March 1895 (div. 27^th April 1924) Anisa Khanum (b. at Cairo, 6^th June 1877; d. at Monte Carlo, 1955), styled Princess with the style of Her Highness 4^th March 1895 to 27^th April 1924, second daughter of Jalal Pasha, by his wife, H.H. Princess Zubaida Khanum Effendi, eldest daughter of Lieutenant-General H.H. Prince Muhammad 'Ali Pasha. He d. at Cairo, 16^th February 1944, having had issue, an only son:
  - i) H.H. Prince Muhammad Sa'id Bey Halim. b. at Cairo, 25^th February 1896, educ. RMA, Sandhurst. Cmsnd. Hon. 2^nd-Lieut. The Life Guards 1917. Granted the title of Nabil 21^st June 1922, but deprived of this style 14^th May 1924. Succeeded to the title of Prince with the style of His Highness on the death of his father, 16^th February 1944. m. (first) (morganatic) at Naples, 1920 (div.) Donna Maria Caracciolo. m. (second) at Markhama, Cairo, 24^th May 1923 (div. 1930) Nabila Malika, née Morwena Bird (m. second, at Menton, France, December 1931, Raoul Delaval, who d. at Brussels 1935; m. third, at Chelsea Register Office, London, 1945, Alfred Edgar Vere Barker, and d. by suicide, at Monte Carlo, July 1956), daughter of Colonel Stanley Bird, MVO, by his wife, Martha Pauline Bingham, daughter of Joseph Azarin, of Istanbul. m. (third) at Caxton Hall, London, 8^th December 1937 (civil) and at Cairo, October 1945 (relig.) (div. at Cairo,1952) Ni'matu'llah (b. at Stockholm, Sweden, 31^st March 1918; m. second, 1956, Jens Lassen), neé Countess Blanche Louise Marika Posse, daughter of Count Lage Göransson Posse, by his wife Louise Wilhilmine Mabel, daughter of Bernt Adolf Pontus Blûm. m. (fourth) at Cairo, 1949 (div. 1949) H.I.H. Princess Fatima Najla Sultana (b. at Cairo, 14^th September 1933; m. second, 1953 (div.) H.H. Damad 'Ali Zaki Mangos Bey Effendi; m. third, 1960, Hans Randolph, a German national, and d. at Madrid, Spain, 5^th October 2006), daughter of H.I.H. Prince Muhammad Orkhan Effendi, 42^nd Head of the Imperial House of Osman, by his first wife, H.H. Princess Nafia Khanum Effendi, daughter of (Sahib ul-Izza) 'Ali Riza Yeghen Bey. m. (fifth) at Mendrisio, Ticino, Switzerland, 10^th September 1949 (div. 1952), Princess Elena Vadimovna (b. at Rome, 15^th November 1924; m. third, 1953, Ermenegildo Cicognani), former wife of Captain Kenneth Best, only daughter of Prince Vadim Grigorievich Volkonsky, by his wife, Princess Elena Petrovna, third daughter of His High Excellency Peotr Arkadyevitch Stolypin, GCVO, sometime Prime Minister & Presdt. Cncl. of Ministers of Russia. m. (sixth) 1953, Birgit, neé Andersson, a Finnish born architect. He d. at Istanbul, 13^th January 1970, having had issue, two sons and two daughters:
    - (1) Nabil Tarik Sa'id Halim. b. at Cairo, 29^th November 1945 (s/o Ni'matu'llah). Lives in Stockholm. m. 4^th November 1968 (div. 4^th July 1973) Laila Harriet (b. 2^nd December 1941), daughter of Robert Gyllenborg Hedblom, by his wife, Gunhild Maria, née Johansson. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
    - (2) Nabil Umar Sa'id Halim. b. at Cairo, 6^th March 1947 (s/o Ni'matu'llah). A classical guitarist and music teacher. Lives in Stockholm.
    - (1) Nabila Farah Karima. b. at Paris, 8^th April 1924 (d/o Malika). m. at London, 27^th March 1947 (div. 24^th March 1971) Bernard Hugh Gutteridge, rcvd. Legion of Merit (USA), son of Dr Bernard George Gutteridge, by his wife Mary. She had issue, three daughters:
      - (a) Lucy Karima. b. in London, 28^th November 1955. m. at Kensington Register Office, London, 1978, Andrew Hawkins (b. ca. 1949), son of Colonel John Edward Hawkins, CBE, Royal Welsh Fusiliers ("Jack Hawkins" the actor), by his second wife, Doreen, neé Lawrence. She has issue, one daughter:
        
        (i) Alice Isabella Valentine Hawkins. b. in London, 14^th February 1979.
      - (b) Ann-Marie Morwena Gutteridge. b. in London, 11^th August 1958.
      - (c) Cosima Farah Gutteridge. b. in London, 27^th June 1962.
    - (2) Nabila Anissa [Anissa Halim-Nauckoff]. b. at Cairo, 14^th March 1954 (d/o Birgit). m. 12^th November 1983, Henrik Nauckoff (b. 24^th January 1955), Capt. Swedish Coast Artillery Reserve, Dir. SAS, second son of Carl Henrik Olof Herman, Baron Nauckoff, sometime Swedish Consul-General at New York, by his first wife, Solveig Birgitta Elisabeth, neé Linderholm. She has issue, one son:
      - (a) Jes Halim Nauckoff. b. 23^rd March 1985.
- d) H.H. Prince Muhammad Ibrahim Halim Pasha. b. at the Palace of Shubra, Cairo, 3^rd May 1870 (s/o Nadin-Dil Kadin), educ. Ottoman Counsellor of State 1892-1895. Granted the rank and title of Rûmeli beylerbeyisi 25^th July 1892. Rcvd: the Imperial Orders of the Osmans (Nishan-i- Osmanieh) 1^st class and the Nobility (Nishan-i-Majidieh) 1^st class. m. (first) 21^st February 1895 (nikah) and at the Palace of Shubra, Cairo, 2^nd March 1895 (zifaf) (div. 27^th April 1924) H.H. Princess Ulfat Khadija Khanum Effendi (b. at Cairo, 3^rd September 1881), eldest daughter of H.H. Prince Usman Fu'ad Pasha, by his wife H.H. Princess Pakiza Khanum Effendi. m. (second) 1915, Taran-i-Dil Khanum (b. 1897; d. 1958), née Irma von Dassel. m. (third) Aisha, née Naraldin. He d. at Chamlija, Istanbul, 24^th September 1951, having had issue, three sons and one daughter:
  - i) H.H. Prince 'Abbas Halim Bey. b. at Alexandria, 9^th October 1897 (s/o Princess Ulfat Khadija). Cmsnd. 3^rd Uhlans of the Guard, Prussian Army, transf. Imperial German Air Force 1914 and served in the Great War under Goring, Staff Ofcr. to FM von Mackensen in Rumania, transf. Ottoman Army Air Corps. Granted the title of Nabil 21^st June 1922, but was deprived of his rank 11^th October 1930. Thereafter styled 'Abbas Halim Effendi until restored to his titles, 4^th June 1936. Succeeded his father in the title of Prince and style of His Highness, 24^th September 1951. Attended the Nazi Party Congress at Nuremberg 1938, for which he was interned in Cairo during WW2. Presdt. RAC of Egypt and Royal Aero Club until 1930, National Fdn. of Trade Unions 1930-1936, Cttee. to Organize the Workers' Movement 1937-1939; Supreme Presdt. Cairo Tramway Workers' Union 1939; Patron Muhammad Ali Club, etc. Rcvd: GC of the Order of Muhammad 'Ali. m. (first) 1923, Jessica Delma Maria (b. 1897; k. in a tragic shooting accident at Alexandria, 24^th August 1923), former wife of (Sahib ul-Izza) Muhammad Jamal ud-din Sirri Bey, OBE, and previously of Captain Arthur Evelyn Paul Ellis, MBE, late Rifle Bde., younger daughter of James Harcourt Harrington, Esq., of Selehunt, Sussex, by his wife, Elizabeth Susannah, née Hipkins). m. (second) at Alexandria, 6^th September 1925 (div. after 1949) Tawhida Khanum (b. at Cairo, 11^th April 1901; m. third, Frank Rediker, a US citizen, and d. at Lausanne, Switzerland, 1977), formerly wife of (Sahib ul-Izza) Muhammad Azim Bey, and daughter of H.E. (Sahib ul-Ma'ali) Ahmad Midhat Yeghen Pasha, sometime Minister for Agriculture, Charitable Endowments & Foreign Affairs, by his first wife, Vahida Khanum, youngest daughter of Field Marshal H.E. (Sahib us-Sa'ada) Yahya Mansur Yeghen Pasha. m. (third) after 1949, H.H. Princess Nafia Khanum Effendi (b. at Cairo, Egypt, 1^st May 1905 or 1913), former wife of H.I.H. Prince Muhammad Orkhan Effendi, 42^nd Head of the Imperial House of Osman, and eldest daughter of (Sahib ul-Izza) 'Ali Riza Yeghen Bey, by his wife, Nimat Khanum, eldest daughter of H.E. (Sahib us-Sa'ada) Saleh Rushdi Yeghen Pasha. He d. 6^th July 1972, having had issue, one son and two daughters:
    - (1) H.H. Prince Muhammad 'Ali Halim. b. at Cairo, 21^st June 1935 (s/o Tawhida). Granted the title of Nabil, April 1938. Succeeded his father in the title of Prince and style of His Highness, 6^th July 1972. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
    - (1) Nabila Pakiza Navina. b. at Alexandria, 30^th June 1930 (d/o Tawhida). Granted the title of Nabila, April 1938. m. (div.) Saleh al-Arabi.
    - (2) Nabila Ulviya Ulfat. b. at Cairo, 7^th November 1933 (d/o Tawhida). Granted the title of Nabila, April 1938. m. (first) (div.) Shahriar Orkhan Ratib Effendi, son of (Sahib ul-Izza) Daud Ratib Bey, by his wife, Azia Khanum, eldest daughter of (Sahib ul-Izza) Ahmad Midhat 'Abbas Yeghen Bey. m. (second) Arturo Ahmad al-Mahdi Ruchio Scaramella, a gentleman of Italian origin, who assumed the name of Ahmad al-Mahdi on converting to Islam. She d. at Cairo, 19^thMay 2006, having had issue, one son and one daughter, by her second husband:
      - (a) Luigi Ahmad Scaramella
      - (a) Nevine. m. Boutros Boutros-Ghali, son of H.E. Dr Boutros Boutros-Ghali, sometime Minister for Foreign Affairs and Sec-Gen. of the United Nations, by his wife, Leia Maria, eldest daughter of Chaim Maurice Hirsch-Nadler, of Alexandria.
  - ii) Nabil Zaki Halim Bey. b. 20^th January 1920 (s/o Taran-i-Dil). m. Marga Egon Buhl. He has issue, one daughter:
    - (1) Nabila Nadia. m. Jurgen …, a German citizen.
  - i) Nabila Badia Khanum. b. 26^th May 1896 (d/o Princess Ulfat Khadija). She d. unm. at Cairo, 2^nd April 1920.
  - ii) Nabila Ni'matu'llah Khanum. b. 16^th May 1916 (s/o Taran-i-Dil). m. Husain Rady (b. 1897; d. 1990), son of Mahmud Rady. She d. 2004, having had issue, three daughters.
- a) H.H. Princess Fatima Khanum Effendi. b. at the Palace of Shubra, Cairo, 1857. She d. at Istanbul, 1871.
- b) H.H. Princess Tawfika Khanum Effendi. b. at the Palace of Shubra, Cairo, 1858 (d/o Taran-i-Dil II). She d. 1861.
- c) H.H. Princess Aisha Tawfika Khanum Effendi. b. at the Palace of Shubra, Cairo, 1863 (d/o Taran-i-Dil II). She d. young. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
- d) H.H. Princess Zahra Khanum Effendi. b. at the Palace of Shubra, Cairo, 13^th September 1863 (d/o Ashna-Dil). m. (first) as his first wife, (div.) 'Ali Rifa'at Jagatay (b. 1867; m. second, 1923, Nimet Khanum, and d. 3^rd March 1935), younger son of Hasan Rifa'at Bey. m. (second) at Istanbul, 1891 (div. 1898), H.E. Nur ud-din Bey (d. 1900), sometime Ottoman Counsellor of State, rcvd: the Order of Mejidieh 2^nd class (13.2.1894), second son of Muhammad Salih Rauf Bey. m. (third) at Istanbul, 1899, Nadim Bey (d. at Istanbul,1910). She d. at Nice, 12^th February 1922, having had issue, three sons by her second husband.
- e) H.H. Princess Nazli Khanum Effendi. b. at the Palace of Shubra, Cairo, 11^th November 1864 (d/o Taran-i-Dil Khanum). Presdt. Muhammad 'Ali Benevolent Soc. 1909. m. (first) at Cairo, (div.) H.E. (Sahib us-Sa'ada) Dr Hasan Rifqi Pasha. m. (second) (Sahib ul-Izza) … Bey. She d.s.p. before 8^th April 1945.
- f) H.H. Princess Amina Khanum Effendi. b. at the Palace of Shubra, Cairo, 7^th July 1868 (d/o Saza or Khadija Leya Kadin). Presdt. Intellectual Assoc. of Egyptian Women 1914. Rcvd: the Order of Charity (Nishan-i-Shafakat) 1^st class of Turkey. m. at Istanbul, 14^th August 1890, General H.E. Muhammad Sharif Pasha (b. at Scutari, 1865; d. at Paris, 1944), Mbr. Ottoman Cncl. of State, Minister for Foreign Affairs 1882-1895, and Env. Ext. & Min. Plen. to Sweden and Norway 1898-1908, rcvd: the Imperial Orders of the Osmans (Nishan-i-Osmanieh) in brilliants (26.1.1901) and Nobility (Nishan-i-Majidieh) 1^st class in brilliants (15.12.1903), son of Sa'id Pasha Sulaimaniyeli, of Iraq. She d. at Paris, 26^th October 1926 (bur. Rodeh Assiut), having had issue, four daughters:
  - i) Fatima Khanum. b. 1894. m. Salih Husnu Kurhan. She d. 1973, having had issue, one son.
  - ii) Sharifa Khanum.
  - iii) Saida Khanum. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
  - iv) Saza Khanum. b. 1902. m. 'Abdu'l Rahim Pokh Bey, son of Nazmi Pasha. She had issue, one son.
- f) H.H. Princess Rukiya Halim Khanum Effendi. b. at the Palace of Shubra, Cairo, 18^th July 1868 (d/o Taran-i-Dil Khanum). m. at Kanlija, Istanbul, 13^th July 1894 (nikah) and 6^th May 1898 (zifaf)(div. 16^th December 1924) H.E. Nusrat Sa'adu'llah Bey Ayashli (d. 1967), Env. Ext. & Min. Plen. to the Netherlands 1915-1922, and to Yugoslavia 1928, rcvd: the Imperial Order of Nobility (Nishan-i-Majidieh) 1^st class, son of H.E. Rami Sa'adu'llah Pasha, sometime Turkish Ambassador to Germany and Austria. She d. at Kanlija, Istanbul, 23^rd August 1952, having had issue, one son and two daughters, including:
  - i) Halima Khanum. b. at Kanlija, Istanbul, 4^th May 1895. m. at Chamlija, Turkey, 8^th April 1917 (div. 1920) H.H. Prince Ahmad Usman Fazil Bey (b. at Cairo, 21^st October 1880;d. at Ma'adi, Cairo, 22^nd February 1928), second son of H.H. Prince Usman Fu'ad Pasha, by his wife, H.H. Princess Pakiza Khanum Effendi. She d. at Naples, 19xx, having had issue, an only daughter - see below.
  - ii) Tawfika Amina Khanum. She d. at Istanbul, 31^st July 1963.
- g) H.H. Princess Karima Khanum Effendi. b. at the Palace of Shubra, Cairo, 13^th October 1871 (d/o Vijdan Khanum). m. 1896, as his first wife, H.E. Muhammad 'Ali Jalal Pasha (b. 1873; m. second, at Istanbul, 16^th May 1900, H.H. Princess Iffat Khanum Effendi. d. at Emirgan, Istanbul, 24^th November 1922), son of Jalal Pasha, by his wife H.H. Princess Zubaida Khanum Effendi, eldest daughter of Lieutenant-General H.H. Prince Muhammad 'Ali Pasha. She d. in childbirth, at Cairo, 7^th May 1897, having had issue, one son.
16) Prince Iskander Bey. b. at the Raz al-Tine Palace, Alexandria, 11^th April 1833 (or 1831) (s/o Zelpha Kalfa?). He d. after 1834.

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