EGYPT

The Muhammad 'Ali Dynasty

GENEALOGY

1848  Field Marshal H.H. Ibrahim Pasha, Vali of Egypt, Nubia, Darfur, Kordofan and Sennar. b. at Nusretli, Drama, before 9^th September 1789, eldest son of H.H. Muhammad 'Ali Pasha, Vali of Egypt, etc., by his first wife, Amina Kadin Effendimiz, educ. privately at Istanbul. Governor of Cairo 1805-1806, and of Upper Egypt 1812-1816, Governor of Jedda and C-in-C of the the Hijaz 1817-1840, Damascus 1832-1840, and of the Morea (Greece) 1825-1828, a hostage at Istanbul October 1806-1807, Treasurer 1807-1813, cdr. of military expeditions to the Sudan, occupied Syria for his father 1831-1841. Granted the rank and title of Bey 1805, prom. Mîrmîran Pasha 1813, prom. Vizier and Pasha with three horsetails 31^st December 1816 (invested 19^th January 1817). Appointed as Katkhuda (Viceroy's First Lieutenant), Governor of the Provinces, C-in-C of the Army, Grand Admiral, Generalissimo, and Chief of the Internal Administration and External Trade, July 1829. Succeeded on the resignation of his father, 15^th April 1848 (recognized by the porte, 20^th July 1848). Invested by the Sultan at Istanbul, 25^th August 1848. Rcvd. the Order of Glory (AtiqNishan-i-Iftikhar) of Turkey, Knt. of the Order of St Joseph of Tuscany (26.11.1845), GC of the Orders of the Legion of Honour of France (25.5.1845) and the Tower & Sword for Valor, Loyalty & Merit of Portugal (18.7.1846). m. (first) ca. 1813, Khadija BirinijiKadin Effendi (d. 1870, bur. Afifi Cemetery, Cairo), a lady of Persian origin. m. (second) Shivakiar Kadin Effendi (d. at the Smaller Kasr-i-A'ali, Cairo, 1864, bur. Hosh al-Basha, Imam al-Shafi'i, Cairo), a Circassian. m. (third) H.H. Khushiyar Kadin Effendimiz, the Valida Pasha [H.H. the Khediva Mother] (d. at the Greater Qasr al-A'ali Palace, Cairo, 21^st June 1886, bur. there at the Khedival Mausoleum, ar-Rifai Mosque), rcvd: the Order of the Osmans (Nishan-i-Osmanieh) of Turkey in brilliants (8.4.1863), a sister of the H.M. Partav-Nihal, Valida Sultana, of Turkey. m. (fourth) Ulfat Khanum (b. 1815; d. at Istanbul, 2^nd March 1865, bur. at the Great Mosque at Eyüp, Turkey), a Turkish lady. m. (fifth) Gulizar Khanum (d.s.p. in Egypt, 19^th October 1865, bur. Afifi Cemetery, Cairo). m. (sixth) Sa'arit Khanum (d.s.p. in Egypt, 17^th January 1870; bur. Afifi Cemetery, Cairo). m. (seventh) Misirli Kadin Effendi. He d. at Cairo, 10^th November 1848 (bur. Hosh al-Basha, Imam al-Shafi'i, Cairo), having had issue, four sons and three daughters:

• 1) Prince Muhammad Ibrahim Fahmi Bey. b. at al-Jamaliya, Cairo, 1814 (s/o Khadija BirinijiKadin Effendi). He d. (accidentally kicked to death by a white slave) at the Palace of Giza, 25^th December 1819 (bur. Hosh al-Basha, Imam al-Shafi'i, Cairo). Copyright© Christopher Buyers
• 2) Lieutenant-General H.H. Prince Ahmad Rifa'at Pasha.b. at Cairo, 8^th December 1825 (s/o Shivakiar Kadin Effendi),educ. Egyptian Mission Sch., Sch. of Artillery and l'École Speciale Militaire de St Cyr, Paris. Cmsnd. as Maj-Gen. Imperial Ottoman Army 1848, prom. Lieut-Gen. 1854. Presdt. Egyptian Cncl. of State 1854-1858. Appointed as Heir Apparent with the title of Mirmiran Pasha18^th June 1854, and prom. to the rank of Vizier with three horse-tails 20^th April 1858. m. (first) 1846, Shamsi Khanum Effendi (b. ca. 1837; d. 1^st May1891). m. (a) 'Azm-i-Raftar Kadin (d. 3^rd February 1904). m. (b) Dilbar-Jahan Kadin (d. 1900). m. (c) Zafrana al-Habashiyya Kadin. He was k. (drowned) in a railway accident at the Nile Bridge, Kafr uz-Zayat, 15^th May 1858 (bur. Hosh al-Basha, Imam al-Shafi'i, Cairo), having had issue, three sons and two daughters:
  • a) Field Marshal H.H. Prince Ibrahim Fahmi Ahmad Pasha. b. at Cairo, 3^rd February 1847 (s/o Shamsi Khanum). Cmsnd. Imperial Ottoman Army, Minister for Agriculture and Public Works, PC. m. (first) at Scutari, 24^th December 1870 (div.) Vijdan Navijan Khanum (b. at Istanbul, 1852; m. second, at Istanbul, 17^th May 1896, Lieutenant-General H.E. Faridun Pasha, Imperial Ottoman Army, and d. at Villa Adji Badem, Chamlija, Istanbul, 1940), rcvd: the Order of Charity (Nishan-i-Shafakat) 1^st class of Turkey, a Circassian from the household of 'Ali Sharif Pasha. m. (second) at the 'Abdin Palace, Cairo, 17^th February 1873 (nikah) and 8^th February 1874  (zifaf), H.H. Princess Zainab Khanum Effendi (b. 1859; d.s.p. at the Ramla Palace, Alexandria, 19^th August 1875, bur. Khedival Mausoleum, ar-Rifai Mosque, Cairo), third daughter of H.H. Ismail Pasha, Khedive of Egypt, etc. GCB, GCSI, by his wife, H.H. Princess Jananyar Birinici Khanum Effendimiz. m. (third) at the 'Abdin Palace, Cairo, 1890 (nikah only, never consummated), H.H. Princess Ni'matu'llah Khanum (b. at Cairo, 19^th September 1876; m. second, at Emirgan, Turkey, 4^th September 1896, General H.E. Ghazi Mahmud Mukhtar Pasha, and d. at El Marg, 21^st June 1945), eighth daughter of H.H. Ismail Pasha, Khedive of Egypt, etc. GCB, GCSI, by his wife, H.H. Princess Nazadil Kadin Effendimiz, daughter of (Sahib ul-Izza) 'Isa Bey. He d. suddenly, at Sidi Gaber, August 1893 (bur. Hosh al-Basha, Imam al-Shafi'i, Cairo), having had issue, two sons and one daughter:
    • i) H.H. Prince Ahmad Saif ud-din Ibrahim Bey.b. at Scutari, 2^nd March 1877 (s/o Vijdan Navijan Khanum). Imprisoned for attempting the life of his brother-in-law, Prince Ahmad Fu'ad, at the Khedivial Club, Cairo, on 7^th May 1898. Placed in a 'open home' within the grounds of Ticehurst Mental Asylum, Sussex. Escaped to Turkey with the help of his mother, where he was pronounced sane and granted Turkish nationality 1925. m. at Istanbul, end June 1933 (without consent of the Royal Council in Egypt), Ulviya Khanum (b. at Scutari, 6^th May 1895), elder daughter of H.E. Mustafa Rashid Mumtaz Pasha, sometime Governor of Beirut, Turkish Senator and Minister for the Interior. He d. from pleurisy, at Scutari, 18^th November 1937 (bur. Hosh al-Basha, Imam al-Shafi'i, Cairo), having had issue, an only son: Copyright© Christopher Buyers
      • (1) A son. b. at Istanbul, shortly before 6^th August 1934. He d. young, after 1937.
    • ii) Colonel H.H. Prince Muhammad Vahid ud-din Ibrahim Bey. b. at Scutari, 29^th September 1879 (s/o Vijdan Navijan Khanum). Rcvd: the Imperial Order of the Osmans (Nishan-i-Osmanieh) of Turkey. m. (first) 1898, H.H. Princess Fazila Zubaida KhanumEffendi (b. 6^th August 1878; d. in childbirth, at Cairo, 29^th April 1900), third daughter of H.H. Prince Usman Pasha, sometime Vizier, by his wife, H.H. Princess Pakiza KhanumEffendi. m. (second) 1902, H.H. Princess Saliha Khanum Effendi (b. 1878; m. second, at Paris, 1909, Sergei Yurkevitch, and d. 1953), eldest daughter of Field Marshal H.H. Prince Ibrahim Hilmi Ismail, by his first wife Qamar Khanum. He was d. from wounds received in a motor crash on the Paris-Trouville road, in the Hospital at Bernay, France, 10^th May 1906 (bur. Hosh al-Basha, Imam al-Shafi'i, Cairo), having had issue, two sons and one daughter:
      • (1) H.H. Damad Prince Muhammad 'Ali Ibrahim BeyEffendi. b. at Cairo, 29^th April 1900 (s/o Princess Fazila Zubaida),educ. Rcvd. GC of the Order of Ismail. m. at Heliopolis Palace, Cairo, 19^th September 1940, H.I.H. Princess Zahra Khanzadi Sultana (b. at the Dolma Bagce Palace, Istanbul, Turkey, 19^th September 1923; d. at Paris, France, 19^th March 1998), second daughter of Captain H.I.H. Prince Omar Faruk Effendi, by his first wife, H.I.H. Princess Rukiya Sabhia Sultana, youngest daughter of H.I.M. Sultan Muhammad VI, Grand Sultan of Turkey. He d. at Paris, France, 2^nd July 1977, having had issue, one son and one daughter:
        • (a) H.H. Prince (Sultanzada) Ahmad Rifa’at Muhammad ‘Ali Ibrahim Bey Effendi. b. at Maadi, Cairo, 31^st August 1942. m. 26^th June 1969 (div.), Amina Ushakligil, daughter of H.E. Bülent Ushakligil, sometime Turkish Ambassador to France. He d. at Cairo, 2^nd November 2011 (bur. there at the Hosh al-Basha, Imam al-Shafi’i).
        • (a) H.H. Princess Sabiha Fazila Khanum Sultana.b. at Paris, 8^th August 1941, educ. Heathfield, Ascot. She was engaged to King Faisal II of Iraq before his assassination at Baghdad on 14^th July 1958. m. (first) at Paris, 10^th December 1965 (div. at Istanbul, 24^th November 1980), Dr Hayri Ürgüplü (b. 31^st May 1936), eldest son of H.E. 'Ali Suat Hayri Ürgüplü, GCVO, sometime Senator and Prime Minister of Turkey, by his wife, Nigar. m. (second) at Saint-Félix, Allier, France, 18^th June 1983, Jean-Alphonse Bernard, son of Antonin Bernard, by his wife, Yvonne, née Meilleroux. She has issue, two sons, by her first husband:
          • (i) 'Ali Suat Ürgüplü. b. at Istanbul, 28^th September 1967, educ. SPLIT Univ., Bamberg, Germany (MA). Photographer.
          • (ii) Selim Ürgüplü. b. at Istanbul, 31^st October 1968.
      • (2) H.H. Damad Nabil Amr [Amru] Ibrahim BeyEffendi. b. at Cairo, 30^th October 1903 (s/o Princess Saliha), educ. l'École d'Aviation des Frères Caudon, Le Crotoy, Picardy, France. Granted the title of Nabil 21^st June 1922. Presdt. Comité Grèce-Égypte. Rcvd: GC of the Orders of Muhammad 'Ali, Ismail, and George I of Greece. m. (first) at Cairo, 12^th September 1921 (div. October 1921, remarried September 1923, then div. and remarried for a second time), Sarvat Khanum (b. 5^th July 1900; d. at Cairo, 29^th April 1935), eldest daughter of H.E. (Sahib us-Sa'ada) Saifu'llah Yusri Pasha, by his first wife, Senira Khanum, third daughter of H.E. (Sahib us-Sa'ada) Sami Pasha al-Barudi. m. (second) at Cairo, 19^th March 1943, H.I.H. Princess Najla Hibatu'llah Sultana (b. at Hilafat Palace, Nice, France, 15^th May 1926; d. at Madrid, Spain, 6^th October 2006), youngest daughter of Captain H.I.H. Prince Omar Faruk Effendi, by his first wife, H.I.H. Princess Rukiya Sabhia Sultana, youngest daughter of H.I.M. Sultan Muhammad VI, Grand Sultan of Turkey. He d. at Pully, Lausanne, Switzerland, 23^rd November 1977 (bur. Cimetiere communal de Pully), having had issue, one son and three daughters:
        • (a) H.H. Prince (Sultanzada) Usman Rifa’at Bey Effendi [Prince Osman Rifat Ibrahim]. b. at Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland, 20^th May 1951 (s/o Princess Najla). Presdt Royal Inst Mohamed Ali (Lisbon) since 2011. Hon Chair Brd of Advisors of Worth (Paris). Patron International Cmsn & Assoc on Nobility (TICAN). Mbr Royal Confraternity of San Teotorio, Assoc of the Representatives of the Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara (ARKBK) 2011, the Senate of the Real Colegio Nobiliárquico Portugués, etc. Hon Mbr El Capítulo Noble de Fernando VI. Protector of the Order of the Rising Star of Africa. Rcvd: GC of Merit of the Military and Hospitaller Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem (12.2.2011). unm. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
        • (a)Nabila Ni'matu'llah [Nimet Amr].b. at Alexandria, 19^th April 1923 (d/o Sarvat Khanum),educ. privately in Arabic, French and English. Deprived of her title of Nabila on her second marriage. m. (first) 1940 (div.) (Sahib ul-Izza) Sharif ud-din Sharif Bey(m. second, Ziba, née Shirrin), son of (Sahib ul-Izza) 'Umar Husain Sharif Bey. m. (second) (div.) Major Najm ud-din Shahin Bey, son of Brigadier H.E. (Sahibus-Sa'ada) Muhammad Shahin Pasha, KCVO, DSO, OBE, ADC to King Faruk. m. (third) (Sahib ul-Izza) Munir Sabri Bey, son of H.E. (Sahibud-Daula) Hasan Sabri Pasha, sometime Prime Minister of Egypt. She had issue, one daughter by her first husband, two sons by her second, and a further son and daughter by her third.
        • (b)Nabila Amina. b. at Cairo, 12^th March 1925 (d/o Sarvat Khanum), educ. privately in Arabic, French and English. m. 2^nd December 1943, as his first wife (div.) Muhammad Amin Kurhan (b. at Paris, 28^th April 1914, m. second, 1951 (div. 1955) Aisha Gulun, and d. at Ankara, 10^th February 1990, having had further issue, one son), Engineer-Agronomist, son of Salih Husnu Kurhan, by his wife, Fatima Khanum, eldest daughter of General H.E. Muhammad Sharif Pasha, sometime Ottoman Minister for Foreign Affairs, by his wife, H.H. Princess Amina Khanum Effendi. She d. at Zamalek, Cairo, 31^st December 2002 (bur. Ismail Yusri Pasha Cemetery, Cairo), having had issue, an only son:
          • (i) Dr Husnu Kurhan. b. 23^rd October 1944. m. Dr Muruvvet (b. 15^th July 1943; d. 2^nd December 1999, bur. Cebeci Cemetery, Ankara), née Yapar, sometime Lecturer in Egyptology at Hacetepe Univ., Ankara, daughter of Russian immigrants. He d. in London, 25^th March 1987 (bur. Ankara), having had issue, two daughters:
            • 1. Yazbukey Kurhan. b. at Ankara, August 1973.
            • 2. Emel Kurhan. b. at Algiers, October 1977.
        • (c)Nabila Inji. b. at Sidi Bishr No.3 District, Alexandria, 1^st July 1927 (d/o Sarvat Khanum), educ. privately in Arabic, French and English. Deprived of her title of Nabila on her second marriage in 1952. m. (first) 21^st July 1947 (div.) (Sahib ul-Izza) Ikram Bey Muhsin, son of H.E. (Sahib us-Sa'ada) Muhsin Pasha.m. (second) at Cairo, 12^th May 1952 (Sahib ul-Izza) Fayiz Bey Lutfu, employed with the Belgian Tramway Co. of Cairo, son of (Sahib ul-Izza) Ahmad Bey Lutfu, by his wife, a daughter of H.E. (Sahib us-Sa'ada) Ismail Pasha al-Mufattish. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
      • (1)Nabila Ain ul-Hayat Khanum. b. at Cairo, 11^th June 1902 (d/o Princess Saliha). Granted the title of Nabil 21^st June 1922. m. at Cairo, 1920, Adil Bey Ben-Ayad (b. 1882;d. 1953), eldest son of H.E. Muhammad at-Tahir Pasha Ben Ayad, by his wife Princess Rukiya KhanumEffendi, third daughter of H.H. Prince Mustafa Bahgat 'Ali FazilPasha. She d. at Geneva, Switzerland, 15^th January 1995, having had issue, two sons and two daughters - see below.
    • i) H.H. Princess Shivakiar Khanum Effendi.b. at Scutari, 25^th October 1876 (d/o Vijdan Navjuvan Khanum). Presdt. Muhammad 'Ali Benevolent Soc. and 'Mar'al-Guedida' (New Woman). Author of "Mon pays: la renovation de l'Egypte, Mohammed Aly" (1933). m. (first) at Cairo, 30^th May 1895 (nikah) and at the 'Abbasiya Palace, Cairo, 14^th February 1896 (zifaf) (div. May 1898) H.M. Ahmad Fu'ad I, King of Egypt, etc. GCB, Royal Victorian Chain (b. at the Giza Palace, Cairo, 26^th March 1868; m. second, at the Bustan Palace, Cairo, 24^th May 1919, Nazli, and d. at Cairo, 28^th April 1936), sixth son of H.H. Ismail Pasha, Khedive of Egypt, etc. GCB, GCSI, by his sixth wife, Farial Khanum. m. (second) at Cairo, 14^th March 1900 (div. 1903), H.E. 'Abdu'l-Rauf Sabit Bey (b. at Istanbul, 1881; d. at Istanbul, 16^th July 1964), Prime Minister of Turkey 1922-1923 and Ambassador at the Court of St James's 1942-1945, son of Admiral H.E. Muzaffar Sabit Pasha. m. (third) at Cairo, 2^nd January 1904 (div. 10^th January 1916) as his second wife, H.E. (Sahib us-Sa'ada) Saifu'llah Yusri Pasha (b. 1^st June 1880; m. third at Istanbul, 21^st November 1916, H.H. Princess Zainab Khanum Effendi, and d. 26^th December 1949), Under. Sec. of State for Foreign Affairs, Env. Ext. and Min. Plen. to the USA, and to Germany, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Poland until 1928, rcvd: GC of the Order of the Nile, GO of the Orders of SS Maurice & Lazarus of Italy, etc., second son of Lieutenant-Colonel H.E. (Sahib us-Sa'ada) Ismail Yusri Pasha, by his wife, Asya Khanum, daughter of Lieutenant-General H.E. (Sahib us-Sa'ada) Ahmad Shukri Yeghen Pasha, sometime C-in-C (Saraskar) Egyptian Forces in the Hijaz, Governor of Jeddah and Mecca. m. (fourth) at Beyoglu, Istanbul, 5^th July 1917 (div. 2^nd March 1925), Muhammad Salim Khalil Bey Demirkan (b. 1893; d. at Paris, 1944, bur. Père-Lachaise Muslim Cemetery), sometime Lieut. Ottoman Army, son of Major-General H.E. Khalil Pasha.m. (fifth) at Nishantashi, 1^st July 1927, H.E. (Sahib us-Sa'ada) Ilhami Husain Pasha (b. at Istanbul, 1899; d. at Nice, France, 10^th November 1992), educ. Galatasarai Sch., Istanbul, Chair. Saide Airline Co., banker, company presdt. and administrator of societies, raised to the personal rank and title of Pasha 19^th March 1942, rcvd: GO of the Order of the Phoenix of Greece, son of Hafiz Husain Pasha, of Istanbul, by his wife, Gulnev Khanum. She d. at Cairo, 17^th February 1947 (bur. Hosh al-Basha, Imam al-Shafi'i, Cairo), having had issue, one son and one daughter by her first husband (see below), one son and one daughter by her second, one son and two daughters by her third (see Yeghen), one son by her fourth and none by her last husband:
      • (1) Muhammad Vahid ud-din Khalil. b. 1918 (s/oMuhammad Salim KhalilBey). He d. 1996. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
  • b) H.H. Prince Ahmad Kamal Pasha. b. at Cairo, 1857 (s/o 'Azm-i-Raftar Kadin).m. (first) (div. three years later) H.H. Princess Jamila Fazila KhanumEffendi (b. 1869; m. second (div.), H.E. (Sahib us-Sa'ada) Shahin Pasha, and d.s.p. at Istanbul, 1896), sixth daughter of H.H. Ismail Pasha, Khedive of Egypt, etc. GCB, GCSI, by Misl Jahan Kadin.m. (second) 1881, Naz-Parvar [H.H. Princess Naz-Parvar Ahmad Kamal] (b. 1864; d. at Cairo, 21^st August 1925). He d. at Matariah, Cairo, 24^th December 1907 (bur. Hosh al-Basha, Imam al-Shafi'i, Cairo), having had issue, an only son:
    • i) H.H. Prince Yusuf Kamal Pasha. b. at Cairo, 17^th December 1882 (s/o Princess Naz-Parwar). Founder of the School of Fine Arts 1908, Dir. Islamic Benevolent Soc. 1915-1918, Presdt. National Univ. 1916-1917, and the General Agricultural Union of Egypt 1917, Hon. Vice-Presdt. Royal Shooting Club, Vice-Presdt. Auto Club of Egypt, etc. Rcvd: the Chain of Fu'ad I and GC of the Order of Muhammad 'Ali. m. at Cairo, 4^th June 1934 (div. at Cairo, 29^th October 1937), Nabila Karima Halima Fatima KhanumEffendi [H.H. Princess Yusuf Kamal] (b. at Istanbul, 15^th March 1898; d.s.p. 28^th March 1971), formerly wife of H.I.H. Prince Usman Fu'ad Effendi of Turkey, later Head of the Imperial House, and second daughter of Lieutenant-General H.H. Prince Muhammad 'Abbas HalimPasha, by his wife, H.H. Princess Khadija, second daughter of H.H. Muhammad Tawfik Pasha, Khedive of Egypt, etc. GCB, GCSI. He d.s.p. 1^st February 1967.
  • c) H.H. Prince Muhammad Rifa'at Bey (s/o Zafrana al-Habashiyya Kadin). He d. young.
  • a) H.H. Princess Ain ul-Hayat Khanum Effendi.b. at Cairo, 5^th October 1858 (d/o Dilbar-Jahan Khanum). Founder, Treasurer and Presdt. Muhammad 'Ali Benevolent Soc. 1909-1910. m. at Cairo, 30^th January 1873 (nikah) and 7^th February 1873 (zifaf) as his first wife (div.), H.H. Husain Kamil, Sultan of Egypt, etc. GCB (b. at Cairo, 21^st November 1853; m. second, at Istanbul, 12^th March 1887, H.H. Sultana Malak KhanumEffendimiz, and d. at the 'Abdin Palace, Cairo, 9^th October 1917, ur. ar-Rifai Mosqu), second son of H.H. Ismail Pasha, Khedive of Egypt, etc., GCB, GCSI, by his second wife, H.H. Princess Jananyar [Janazir] Berinici Khanum Effendimiz. She d. at Paris, France, 12^th August 1910 (bur. Hosh al-Basha, Imam al-Shafi'i, Cairo), having had issue, two sons and two daughters - see below.
  • b) H.H. Princess Zainab Khanum Effendi(d/o Zafrana al-Habashiyya Kadin). She d. young.
• 3) H.H. Ismail Pasha, Khedive of Egypt, etc. (s/o Khushiyar Kadin Effendimiz, the ValidaPasha) - see below.

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