EGYPT
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The Muhammad 'Ali Dynasty
GENEALOGY
1863 - 1879 H.H. (Sa'adat
Sahib al-Tal'a al-vaiqa al-Khedivi al-Afkham wa'l-duari
al-Akram) Ismail Pasha, Khedive of Egypt,
Sovereign of Nubia, of the Sudan, of Kordofan and of
Darfur, GCB (c 18.12.1866), GCSI (27.8.1868). b.
at the Musafikhana, Cairo, 12th January 1830,
third son of Field Marshal H.H. Ibrahim Pasha,
Vali of Egypt, etc., by his third wife, H.H. Khushiyar Kadin
Effendimiz, the Valida Pasha, educ.
Mektip Aali, Hanke; Princes' Sch., Kasr al-Ayni; Egyptain
Mission Sch., École Speciale Militaire de St Cyr, and
École Supérieure de Guerre, Paris. Presdt. Majlis-i-Akham
1854-1863. Appointed as Heir Apparent, 14th
May 1858. Proclaimed as Vali of Egypt after the death of
Sa'id Pasha, 18th December 1863.
Confirmed in the title of Khedive (Viceroy) of
Egypt and the Sudan, together with the style of Sa'adat
Sahib al-Tal'a al-vaiqa al-Khedivi al-Afkham wa'l-duari
al-Akram, and the establishment of male primogeniture
in the direct line of the reigning Khedive as the rule of
succession by Imperial Ottoman Firman 17th May
1866 (confirmed 8th June 1873). Deposed by the
Sultan of Turkey acting on the advice of the European
powers, 26th June 1879. Went into exile at
Naples 1879, and to Istanbul in 1889. A great reformer
and moderniser who opened the Suez Canal 17th
November 1869. Rcvd: the Orders of Glory (Atiq
Nishan-i-Iftikhar), the Osmans (Nishan-i-Osmanieh)
special class in brilliants, and Nobility (Nishan-i-Majidieh)
special class in brilliants (11.4.1863) of Turkey, Knt.
of the Orders of the Anunziata of Italy, and Black Eagle
of Prussia (30.12.1868), GC of the Orders of SS Maurice
& Lazarus, and the Crown of Italy (25.5.1869),
Leopold of Belgium (1862), Sword of Sweden (27.7.1866),
the Netherlands Lion (27.10.1866), Legion of Honour of
France (1867), Red Eagle of Prussia (30.12.1868),
Redeemer of Greece (29.5.1869), and Leopold of Austria
(29.5.1869), the Order of the Brilliant Star of Zanzibar
1st class (1875), etc. m. (first)
before 1849, H.H. Princess Shahrat Faza Khanum Effendimiz
(d. in Egypt, 1890, bur. at the Khedival
Mausoleum, ar-Rifai Mosque, Cairo), styled the First
Princess 1863. m. (second) before 1857, H.H.
Princess Jananyar [Janazir] Berinici Khanum
Effendimiz (b. ca. 1827; d. at the
Zafaran Palace, Cairo, 12th December 1912, bur.
there at the Khedival Mausoleum, ar-Rifai Mosque), styled
the Second Princess 1863, she had issue, six
children of whom only two survived. m. (third) ca.
1863, H.H. Jaham Afat [Jashma] Khanum Effendimiz
(d.s.p. 11th November
1907, bur. at the Khedival Mausoleum, ar-Rifai
Mosque, Cairo), styled the Third Princess after
her marriage. m. (fourth) 1866, H.H. Princess
Shafiq-Nur Khanum Effendimiz, the Valida
Effendimiz (d. at the Kasr al-'Ali Palace,
Cairo, 17th March 1884, bur. there at
the Khedival Mausoleum, ar-Rifai Mosque), raised to the
title of Fourth Princess 1866, promoted to Second
Princess 1873, and became Valida Effendimiz
in 1879, a fomer slave of Khushiyar Kadin Effendimiz,
the Valida Pasha. m. (a) Nur Malak Kadin
(d. at the Mamura Palace, Alexandria, 15th
August 1916, bur. Hosh al-Basha, Imam al-Shafi'i,
Cairo). m. (b) Misl Malak Kadin Effendi (d.
22nd February 1889). m. (c) Jahan Shah Kadin
(d. 25th January 1905). m. (d)
Bazm-i-Alam Kadin (d.s.p.
1872). m. (e) Nur Jahan Kadin (d. 15th
January 1900). m. (f) Jamal-i-Nur Kadin (d.
at Cairo, 1876, bur. there at the Khedival
Mausoleum, ar-Rifai Mosque). m. (g) Farial Kadin
(d. at the Zafara Palace, Cairo, 21st
February 1902, bur. there at the Khedival
Mausoleum, ar-Rifai Mosque). m (h) Misl Jahan Kadin
(d. at Istanbul, after 1895). m. (i) 1873,
H.H. Princess Nashan-Dil [Nazadil] Khanum Effendimiz
(b. in the Caucasus, 1857; d. at Nice,
France, 30th January 1924, bur. at the
Khedival Mausoleum, ar-Rifai Mosque, Cairo), raised to
the title of Third Princess 1873, third daughter
of (Sahib ul-Izza) 'Isa Bey, a Chieftain of
the Ubukhs. m. (j) Malak Naz Kadin. m.
(k) ?? Gulhista Khanum (m. second, after
1895, (Sahib ul-Izza) 'Ali Zaki Bey, and d.
1936). He d. at Emirgan, Istanbul, 2nd
March 1895 (bur. at the Khedival Mausoleum,
ar-Rifai Mosque, Cairo), having had issue, ten sons and
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