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 8th April 1769, sixteenth child 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 14th July 1799, prom Bimbashi (Maj) 1800, Saréchesme (Brig. or Col.) of the Albanian contingent 1801-1804, Governor of Jirja 1804-1805. Invested with the title of Pasha and appointed as Governor of Jeddah, 10th May 1805. Elected and invested at Bayt al-Qadi as Vali (Governor) of Egypt by the Grand Council of Cairo, 13th May 1805 (confirmed by the ulema 8th June 1805). Confirmed by Imperial Ottoman Firman and prom to Pasha of three horse tails 9th July 1805. Formally invested on behalf of the Sultan, at Azbakiya, Cairo, 23rd March 1806. He defeated and masacred the mamluks at the Cairo Citadel 1st 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 16th 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 15th April 1833. Confirmed in the hereditary (primogeniture to the eldest male) Pashalik of Egypt, Nubia, Darfur, Kordofan and Sennar by Imperial Ottoman Firman 13th February 1841 (confirmed anew 1st June 1841). Resigned in favour of his eldest son when he became incapacitated, 1st September 1848. Field Marshal, Imperial Ottoman Army 25/6/1832. Hon Mbr Royal Asiatic Soc of GB. Rcvd: the Order of the August Portrait (Tasvir-iHumayunNishani), and the Order of Glory (AtiqNishan-i-Iftikhar) 1st class of Turkey, and GC of the Order of the Legion of Honour of France. m. (first) at Kavala, Macedonia, 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 Serezli, and daughter of Major ‘Ali Agha, of Nusretli, a near relation of Khalil Ahmad Agha, Governor of Drama. m. (second) Shams uz-Zafar Khanum (d. at Kasr al-Nil, near Bulaq, 1846), a former Georgain slave who bore four children (all died young). m. (third) Nuraj Khanum, a former Georgian slave, who had no children. m. (fourth) Shams-i-Nur Khanum (d. 1863, bur. Fenayi Cemetery, Scutari), a former Circassian slave previously styled Selwy Kalfa who became principal lady of the harem with the title of Khanum 1824. m. (fifth) Zépha Khanum [Um Iskander], a former Georgian slave previously styled Zépha Kalfa, subsequently raised to the status of fourth wife ca 1840. m. (sixth) Mah-Duran Khanum Effendi (d.s.p. at the Palace of Shubra, Cairo, Egypt, 1880). m. (a) Jilfidan Kadin (d. 1813). m. (b) Qamar Kadin (d.1868). m. (c) Mumtaz Kadin (d. 9th February 1868), a former Russian slave previously styled Manthas Kalfa. m. (d) Pakiza Kadin. m. (e) Shan Shachar Kalfa, a former Circassian slave, who had one son. m. (f) Mahivash Kadin (d. 1856). m. (g) Namshaz Kadin (b. ca. 1798; d. at Istanbul, Turkey, 1864), a former slave previously styled Zeccha Kalfa. m. (h) Nur-i-Sham Kadin (d. 1869), a Circassian. m. (i) Naila Kadin. m. (j) Sania Shah Kadin [Um Nu’man] (d. 1816). m. (k) Khadija Ziba Kadin (d. 1878), a Circassian. m. (l) Ain ul-Hayat Khanum (d. 1849), raised to the courtesy title of Khanum, a former slave previously styled Sham Pazand [Schan Pezent] Kalfa, originally from Abassa, Georgia. He d. at Moharrem Bey, near Alexandria, 2nd August 1849 (bur. at the Mosque of Muhammad ‘Ali al-Kabir, the Citadel, Cairo), having had issue, nineteen sons and thirteen daughters:
1) H.H. Ibrahim Pasha, Vali of Egypt, etc. (s/o Amina KhanumEffendimiz) – see below.
2) Field Marshal H.H. Prince Muhammad Ahmad Tusun Pasha. b. at Nusretli, near Drama, before 28th July 1794 (s/o Amina KhanumEffendimiz), educ. privately. Arrived in Egypt with his brother Ibrahim, 28th August 1805. Granted the rank of MîrmîranPasha 1809, C-in-C of the army in the Hijaz 1811-1816, prom to Vizier and Pasha with three horse-tails 1813, Governor of Jedda and al-Habasha 1813-1816. m. (first) Mahtab Khanum (d. 1866). m. (a) Panba Kadin Effendi [Bamba] [Umm Abbas] (d. at the Ataba al-Khadra Palace, Cairo, 1871, bur. there at the Khedival Mausoleum, ar-Rifai Mosque). m. (b) Shams-i-Jahan Kadin. He d. of the plague at Barnabal Palace, near Rosetta, 28th September 1816 (bur. Hosh al-Basha, Imam al-Shafi’i, Cairo), having had issue, two sons and three daughters:
b) Usman Bey. He d. young at Cairo, Egypt, 1815 (bur. Imam al-Shafi’i Cemetery).
a) Khadija KhanumEffendi. She d. at Cairo, Egypt, 1817 (bur. Imam al-Shafi’i Cemetery).
b) Zuka KhanumEffendi. She d. at Cairo, Egypt, 1817 (bur. Imam al-Shafi’i Cemetery).
c) Aisha KhanumEffendi. She d. at Cairo, Egypt, 1817 (bur. Imam al-Shafi’i Cemetery).
d) ?Banafshah [Manafshah] KhanumEffendi. m. Fars Agha, second son of Hamu Agha bin Ahmad bin Juma Zerouali. She d.s.p.
3) Lieutenant-General H.H. Prince Ismail Iskander ‘Ali Kamil Pasha. b. at Kavala, before 6th July 1796 (s/o Amina KhanumEffendimiz). Presented the Sultan of Turkey with the Keys to Mecca on his father’s behalf 1813, raised to the rank of MîrmîranPasha with two horse-tails 18th August 1810, C-inC of an exped to the Sudan 1820-1822. m. at Azbakiya, Cairo, 22nd September 1813 (nikah) and 6th January 1814 (zifaf), Fatimat uz-Zahra Galin Khanum (d. 5th June 1858), instrumental in persuading the Sultan of Turkey to settle the hereditary succession on the family of Muhammad ‘Ali in 1841, and in representing Egyptian interests generally for which she was popularly styled “Misirli Hanim”, daughter of H.E. Muhammad Arif Pasha, sometime Mbr Council for Interior Affairs (Majlis-al-Ahkam) and Governor of Cangiri, 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, 5th 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, Egypt, 1816 (bur. Hosh al-Basha, Imam al-Shafi’i, Cairo).
4) Prince ‘Abdu’l-Halim Bey. b. at Kavala, before 26th June 1797 (s/o Amina KhanumEffendimiz). He d. at Alexandria, Egypt, 1818, aged twenty-three years (bur. there at the Nabi Danial Cemetery, later transf. Cairo).
5) Ja’afar Bey. He d. at Cairo, Egypt, 1810 (bur. Hosh al-Basha, Imam al-Shafi’i, Cairo).
6) Nu’man Bey (s/o Sania Shah Kadin). He d. at Cairo, Egypt, 1815 (bur. Hosh al-Basha, Imam al-Shafi’i, Cairo).
7) Prince ‘Abdu’l-Halim Bey. b. 1819. He d. at Alexandria, Egypt, before April 1821 (bur. there at the Nabi Danial Cemetery, later transf. Cairo).
8) Prince Iskander Bey. b. at Alexandria, Egypt, 15th April 1821 (s/o Qamar Kadin?). He d. at Istanbul, Turkey, June 1823.
9) Prince ‘Abdu’l-Halim Bey. b. 8th October 1821, educ. Egyptian Mission Sch, Paris. He d. at Alexandria, Egypt, 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).
12) Prince Mahmud Bey. b. at Alexandria, Egypt, February 1825. He d. at Cairo, Egypt, 1829 (bur. Hosh al-Basha, Imam al-Shafi’i, Cairo).
13) Prince Husain Bey. b. 1825 (s/o Mumtaz Kadin), educ. Egyptian Mission Sch, Paris. He d. at Paris, France, April 1847 (bur. Nabi Danial Cemetery, Alexandria).
14) Prince ‘Abdu’l-Halim Bey. b. 1826. He d. at Alexandria, Egypt, 1830 (bur. there at the Nabi Danial Cemetery).
15) Prince Muhammad ‘Ali Sadik Bey. b. 3rd March 1828 (s/o Mahivash Kadin). He d. at Cairo, Egypt, 1836 (bur. there at the Hosh al-Basha, Imam al-Shafi’i).
17) Lieutenant-General H.H. Prince Muhammad ‘Abdu’l-Halim Pasha. b. at Cairo, Egypt, 25th March 1830 (s/o Namshaz Kadin), educ. Princes’ Sch, Cairo, al-Khanka High Sch, and École Speciale Militaire de St Cyr, Paris. Administrator Kavala Charitable Endowment 1849-1868, Lt-Gen, C-in-C, Dir War Dept, Governor-General of the Sudan 1856, prom Vizier, Presdt Privy Council 1863-1864, exiled to Istanbul in 1868 for plotting against Khedive Ismail, Mbr Ottoman Council of State. Grand Cdr of the District Grand Lodge of Egypt 1861-1878. 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, 22nd March 1864, Vijdan Khanum (d. at the Palace of Shubra, Cairo, 1889; bur. Fadayi, Scutari). m. (second) at the Palace of Shubra, Cairo, 20th December 1865, Taran-i-Dil Khanum (b. 1846; d. at Istanbul, Turkey, 13th August 1933), a Turkish lady. 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, Turkey, 4th June 1894 (bur. Sultan Mahmud Mausoleum Enclosure, Chemberlitas, 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, Egypt, 19th February 1864 (s/o Vijdan Khanum), educ. Univ of Lausanne, Switzerland. Granted the personal title of MîrmîranPasha 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, 2nd class 13.5.1888), and the Osmans (Nishan-i-Osmanieh) 1st class (22.4.1892, 2nd class 23.2.1889), and the Medals of Distinction (ImtiyazMadalyasi), and Merit (LiaqatMadalyasi) of Turkey medals, etc, Knt of the Order of the Black Eagle of Prussia (8.11.1915), GC of the Orders of Red Eagle 1st class of Prussia (8.11.1915), National Merit of Bulgaria, Leopold of Austria, etc. m. (first) at Yeniköy, Bosphorus, Turkey, 1895, H.H. Princess Amina Inji Khanum (b. at Istanbul, Turkey, 3rd January 1876; d. at Yeniköy, Bosphorus, 31st May 1915), second daughter of Lieutenant-General H.H. Prince Muhammad Tusun Pasha, by his wife, Pashashat-Nur KhanumEffendi. m. (second) 1916, Nazli Khanum. He was k. (assassinated by agents of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation) at Rome, Italy, 6th December 1921 (bur. Fenâyî Mausoleum, Scutari), having had issue, two sons by his first wife:
i) H.H. Prince Muhammad ‘Abdu’l-Halim Bey Turkhan. b. at Yeniköy, Bosphorus, Turkey, 29th March 1896. Bibliophil, cellist, and musician. He d. unm. at Istanbul, Turkey, 25th January 1960.
ii) H.H. Prince Omar Ibrahim Halim Bey Effendi. b. at Yeniköy, Bosphorus, Turkey, 16th February 1898. Lieut Imperial Ottoman Army. Granted the title of Nabil 21st June 19221922. Settled in France 1930.International polo player, aeronaut and hunter. Presdt Cairo International Sporting Club. Mbr Muhammad Ali Club, Gezira Sporting Club (GSC), The Royal Automobile Club of Egypt (RACE), Royal Aero Club of Egypt, Aéro-Club de France, Côte d’Azur Polo Club, etc. m. (first) at the Dolma Bahche Palace, Istanbul, Turkey, 1912 (div. 1913), H.I.H. Princess Bahija Sultana (b. at the Dolma Bahche Palace, Istanbul, Turkey, 8th November 1900; m. second, 3rd May 1921 (div. 1931) Kamal ud-din Bey. m. third, 9th November 1934, Damad Dr Hafiz Zaki BeyEffendi, 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 Giza, 22nd April 1922, as her first husband (div. 2nd December 1924), Nabila Amina (b. at Alexandria, Egypt, 2nd February 1903; m. third, 14th 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 KhanumEffendi, daughter of Field Marshal H.H. Prince Hasan Ismail Pasha. m. (second) at Halki, Turkey, 10th October 1936 (div. there 16th June 1937) Nabila Amina Panba KhanumEffendi (b. at Istanbul, Turkey, 1st June 1899; m. fourth, 1939, Sabri Shukri Bey Bayindir, and d. at Istanbul, Turkey, 6th December 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 was k. when his car collided with a lorry near the village of Ponchartrain, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France, 1st June 1954 (bur. Bobigny Muslim Cemetery, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France), having had issue, an only son by his second wife:
b) Lieutenant-General H.H. Prince Muhammad ‘Abbas Halim Pasha. b. at the Palace of Shubra, Cairo, Egypt, 29th September 1866 (s/o Vijdan Khanum), educ. Univ of Lausanne, Switzerland. Granted the rank and title of MîrmîranPasha 15th May 1888. Governor-General of Rumelia 1895, and of Bursa 1913-1914, Imperial Ottoman Minister for Public Works 1914. Exiled to Malta 1918-1920, settled in Egypt 1922. Rcvd: the Imperial Orders of the Osmans (Nishan-i-Osmanieh) 1st class and the Nobility (Nishan-i-Majidieh) 1st class. m. at the ‘Abdin Palace, Cairo, Egypt, 30th January 1895 (nikah) and at the Palace of Shubra, Cairo, Egypt, 1st February 1895 (zifaf), H.H. Princess Fakhr un-nisa Khadija KhanumEffendi (b. at Cairo, Egypt, 2nd May 1879; d. at Helouan-les-bains, Cairo, Egypt, 22nd 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. from a bronchial infection, at Helouan-les-bains, Cairo, Egypt, 10th January 1935 (bur. there at the Halim Mausoleum, Imam al-Shafi’i), having had issue, six daughters:
i) Nabila Nasiba Vijdan Nishina Khanum. b. at Istanbul, Turkey, 31st March 1897. Granted the title of Nabila 21st June 1922. m. at Heybeli, Istanbul, 20th January 1920 (nikah) and at Halki, 12th May 1921 (zifaf), Colonel Naji Hilmi Bey (b. 17th March 1887; d. 21st 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, Turkey, 4th 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, Turkey, 15th March 1898. Granted the title of Nabila 21st June 1922. m. at the Fariya Palace, Bashiktash, 26th March 1920 (div. at Paris, 22nd November 1932), General H.I.H. Prince (Sultan) Osman Fu’ad Effendi, 39th Head of the Imperial House of Osman (b. at the Ciragan Palace, Ortakoy, 24th February 1895; d.s.p. Nice, France, 19th May 1973, and Bobigny Muslim Cemetary, Paris), third son of H.I.H. Prince Muhammad Salih ud-din Effendi, by his fourth wife, Jalafar KhanumEffendi. m. (second) at Cairo, Egypt, 4th June 1934 (div. at Cairo, Egypt, 29th October 1937), H.H. Prince Yusuf Kamal Pasha (b. at Cairo, Egypt, 17th October 1882; d.s.p. at Strobel, Austria, 1st February 1967), only son of H.H. Prince Ahmad Kamal Pasha, by his second wife Princess Naz-Parwar Khanum. She d.s.p. 28th March 1971.
iii) Nabila Amina Panba Khanum Effendi. b. at Istanbul, Turkey, 1st June 1899. Granted the title of Nabila 21st June 1922. m. (first) at Nishantashi, Pera, 4th May 1919 (nikah) and 5th July 1919 (zifaf) (div. 26th September 1923) Lieutenant-Colonel H.I.H. Prince (Sultan) ‘Abdu’r Rahim Hayri Effendi (b. at the Yildiz Palace, Istanbul, Turkey, 15th August 1894; d. at Paris, 18th January 1952), fifth son of H.I.M. Sultan ‘Abdu’l- Hamid II, Grand Sultan of Turkey, by his wife H.H. Payvasta Usman HasekiSultana. m. (second) at Berlin, 28th May 1925, Lieutenant-General H.E. Kamal ud-din Sami Pasha Gökçen (b. 1884; d. at Berlin, 15th 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, 10th October 1936 (div. there, 16th June 1937) H.H. Prince Omar Halim BeyEffendi (b. at at Yeniköy, Bosphorus, 16th February 1898; k. when his car collided with a lorry near the village of Ponchartrain, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France, 1st June 1954, bur. Bobigny Muslim Cemetery, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France), 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. 12th October 1908; d. after 1980). She d. at Istanbul, Turkey, 6th December 1979, having had issue, an only daughter by her first husband (see Turkey), and one son by her second.
iv) Nabila Tawfika Hamida Khanum. b. at Istanbul, Turkey, 6th August 1900. Granted the title of Nabila 21st June 1922. m. at Istanbul, Turkey, 11th September 1919, ‘Abbas Bey Celâloglu (b. at Cairo, Egypt, 7th 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, Turkey, 10th July 1908. Granted the title of Nabila 21st June 1922. m. at Istanbul, Turkey, 27th 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.
c) Lieutenant-General H.H. Prince Muhammad ‘Ali Halim Pasha. b. at the Palace of Shubra, Cairo, Egypt, 21st February 1869 (s/o Mazhar Fizi Kadin), educ. privately. Granted the rank and title of MîrmîranPasha. Rcvd: the Imperial Orders of the Osmans (Nishan-i-Osmanieh) 1st class and the Nobility (Nishan-i-Majidieh) 1st class. m. at the Palace of Shubra, Cairo, Egypt, 4th March 1895 (div. 27th April 1924) Anisa Khanum (b. at Cairo, Egypt, 6th June 1877; d. at Monte Carlo, 1955), styled Princess with the style of Her Highness 4th March 1895 to 27th April 1924, second daughter of H.E. Jalal Pasha, by his wife, H.H. Princess Zubaida KhanumEffendi, eldest daughter of Lieutenant-General H.H. Prince Muhammad ‘Ali Pasha. He d. at Cairo, Egypt, 17th January 1944 (bur. there at the Halim Mausoleum, Imam al-Shafi’i), having had issue, an only son:
i) H.H. Prince Muhammad Sa’id Bey Halim [Prince Said Halim]. b. at Cairo, Egypt, 25th February 1896, educ. Eton Coll, Windsor, Berkshire. Enlisted as a Trooper 2nd Life Guards, served in the Great War 1914-1918, cmsnd as temp Hon 2nd-Lieut 28/4/1917, retd 1918. Deprived of his styles and titles 14th May 1924 (restored before 30th November 1936). Rcvd: 1914/15 Star, British War and Allied Victory (1918) medals. m. (first) (eloped from the Hotel Villa Aurora, Fiesole, near Florence, Tuscany, Italy, 1st October 1919) (div. 1920) Donna Albina Maria Caracciolo di Brienza (b. at Naples, Italy, 8th December 1893; d. 21st June 1983), eldest daughter of H.E. The Noble Signor Don Tristano Caracciolo, 7th Duke di Brienza, 7th Prince di Spinoso, and a Patrician of Naples, Italy, by his wife Dona Marianna di Franza Caracciolo, Duchess di Brienza. m. (second) at Markhama, Cairo, Egypt, 24th May 1923 (div. 1930), Marjorie Morwenna Bird (b. at Marylebone, London, December 1898; m. second, at Menton, Alpes-Maritimes, France, 25th November 1931 (relig), and at the Register Office, Paddington, London, 7th December 1931 (civil), Roger de Leval, poet and advocate, who d. at Brussels, Belgium, 14th March 1936; m. third, at Chelsea Register Office, London, 1945, Alfred Edgar Vere Barker, and d. by suicide, at Monte Carlo, July 1956), styled Nabila Malik Halim 1923-1930, daughter of Colonel Stanley Bird, MVO, late Egyptian Army, sometime c/o 1st Btn, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt), by his wife, Martha [Mattie] Pauline, younger daughter of Joseph Hovhannes Azarian, Snr, of Prinkipo, Princes’s Islands, Turkey, and of Boston Massachusettes, USA, banker and arms supplier, sometime Vice-Consul-Gen for the USA in Istanbul. m. (third) at Caxton Hall, London, 8th December 1937 (civil) and at Cairo, Egypt, October 1945 (relig.) (div. at Cairo, 21st January 1951), Countess Blanche Louise Marika Posse (b. at Stockholm, Sweden, 31st March 1918; m. second, 2nd April 1956, Jens Lassen, and d. 28th June 2006), styled H.H. Princess Ni’matu’llah Halim 1945-1949, only daughter of Count Lage Göransson Posse, by his wife Louise Vilhelmina Mabel, daughter of Bernt Adolf Pontus Blüm, of Stockholm, Sweden, sometime company director. m. (fourth) at Cairo, Egypt, 15th March 1949 (div. 1949) H.I.H. Princess Fatima Najla Sultana (b. at Cairo, Egypt, 14th September 1933; m. second, 1953 (div.) ‘Ali Zaki al-Mahdi Georges Mangos; m. third, 1960, Hans Randolph Germann, and d. at Madrid, Spain, 5th October 2006), daughter of H.I.H. Prince Muhammad Orkhan Effendi, 42nd 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, 10th September 1949 (div. 1952), Princess Elena Vadimovna Wolkonsky [Donna Helen Cicognani] (b. at Rome, Italy, 15th November 1924; m. third, at Rome, Italy, 15th October 1953, Ermenegildo Cicognani, advocate, by whom she had a son and three daughters, and d. at Villa Sant’ Elena, Albano, near Rome, Italy, before 3rd October 2011, bur. Cicognani cemetery, Menton, Alpes-Maritimes, France), educ. in Paris, France, poet, sometime Presdt Assoc Gogol, styled H.H. Princess Elena Halim 1949-1952, former wife of Captain Kenneth Best, and only daughter of Prince Vadim Grigorievich Wolkonsky, of Palazzo Tcernysceva, Rome, Italy, by his second wife, Princess Elena Petrovna Wolkonsky, third daughter of His High Excellency Peotr Arkadyevitch Stolypin, GCVO, sometime Prime Minister & Presdt Council of Ministers of Russia. m. (sixth) 1953, Birgit Margareta Halim (b. at Helsinki, Finland, 28th October 1925), educ. Tekniska Högskolan, Helsinki, Finland, architect and engineer, Town Planner State Engineering Office Malmo, Sweden 1963, Chief Town Planner Malmo 1972-1975, Chief Architect villiage of St Marin, Aix-en-Provence, France 1976-1989, Mbr Technical Assoc of Finland, International Fed for Housing & Planning, etc, author of “Turkiet Väntar” (1963), daughter of Georg Emil Andersson, by his wife, Anna Ingeborg. He d. at Istanbul, Turkey, 13th January 1970, having had issue, two sons and two daughters:
(1) H.H. Prince Tarik Sa’id Halim [Tarek Said Halim]. b. at Cairo, Egypt, 29th November 1945 (s/o Ni’matu’llah). m. at Stockholm, Sweden, 4th November 1968 (div. there, 4th July 1973) Laila Harriet Hedblom (b. at Stockholm, Sweden, 2nd December 1941), daughter of Robert Gyllenborg Hedblom, of Stockholm, Sweden, by his first wife, Gunhild Maria Dalström [Frau Nils August Johansson].
(2) Nabil ‘Umar Sa’id Halim [Omar Said Halim]. b. at Cairo, Egypt, 6th March 1947 (s/o Ni’matu’llah). A classical guitarist and music teacher.
(1) Nabila Farah Kérimée Halim. b. Paris, France, 28th November 1955. m. at St Pancras, London, 27th March 1947 (civil) and at the Shah Jahan Mosque, Woking, Surrey, 1st April 1949 (relig.) (div. 24th March 1971) Major Bernard Hugh Gutteridge (b. at Southampton, Hampshire, 13th March 1916; m. second, at Kensington, London, 1971, Elizabeth A S Tegher, and d. at Camden, London, July 1985), educ. Cranleigh Sch, Cranleigh St Nicholas, Surrey, joined British army 1939, cmsnd as 2nd-Lieut Royal Hampshire Regt 29/6/1940, served in WWII 1939-1945 in Madagascar with Combined Ops and 36th Dvsn in Burma, temp Maj 1945, poet and author of “Traveller’s Eye” (1947), “The Agency Game” (1954), “Old Damson-Face: Poems 1934 to 1974” (1975), etc, translater of “The Locomotive” (1939) by J. Tuwim, rcvd: 39/45 and Burma Stars, British War and Defence medals (1945), Legionnaire of the US Legion of Merit (1945), son of Dr Bernard George Gutteridge, MRCS, LRCP, of Littlecroft, Southampton, Hampshire, late Capt RAMC, by his wife Mary, second daughter of William Baxter, Esq, of Huston. She d. at London, 24th March 2012, having had issue, four daughters:
(a) June Gutteridge. b. and d. at Westminster, London, June 1953.
(b) Lucy Karima Gutteridge. b. at Hammersmith, London, 28th November 1955. Film and TV actress. m. at Kensington Register Office, London, 1978, Andrew Hawkins (b. ca. 1949), son of Colonel John Edward Hawkins, CBE, Royal Welsh Fusiliers (aka Jack Hawkins, the actor), by his second wife, Doreen Mary Beadle (aka Doreen Lawrence, the actress), She has issue, one daughter:
(i) Alice Isabella Valentine Hawkins. b. at London, 14th February 1979, educ. Camberwell Coll of Art (BA 2002), London. Photographer and film maker, fashion model with “American Harper’s Bazaar” and “Russian Vogue”, “Topshop”, “Agent Provocateur”, etc.
(c) Ann-Marie Morwena Gutteridge. b. at Hammersmith, London, 11th August 1958.
(2) Nabila Anissa [Anissa Nauckhoff Halim]. b. at Cairo, Egypt, 14th March 1954 (d/o Birgit), educ. Grännaskolan, Gränna, Sweden, La Chambre Syndical de la Haute Couture, Paris, France, Stockholm Univ, and Konstfackskolan, Stockholm, Sweden, and the Parsons Sch of Design (BFA), New York, USA. Architect and environmental designer. m. 12th November 1983, Henrik Nauckoff (b. 24th January 1955), Capt Swedish Coast Artillery Reserve, Dir SAS, second son of H.E. Carl-Henric Olof Herman, Baron Nauckhoff, of Bastad, Skania, Sweden, sometime Ambassador to Mexico, Cuba, Tunisia, and the Netherlands, by his first wife, Solveig Birgitta Elisabeth, Baroness Nauckhoff, daughter of Gustaf Linderholm. She has issue, one son:
(a) Jes Halim Nauckoff. b. at Copenhagen, Denmark, 23rd March 1985, educ. Concordia Univ, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Univ of East Anglia (BA 2009, Norwich, and Univ of Utrecht (MSc 2012), the Netherlands. Jnr Analyst Graduate Research Airis International Holdings LLC 2012, joined International Air Transport Assoc (IATA) 2013, Intern (Environmental Management) 2013-2014, Analyst (Aviation Environment) 2014-2015, Assist Mngr (Carbon Offset Systems) since 2015.
d) H.H. Prince Muhammad Ibrahim Halim Pasha. b. at the Palace of Shubra, Cairo, Egypt, 3rd May 1870 (s/o Nadin-Dil Kadin), educ. privately. Ottoman Counsellor of State 1892-1895. Granted the rank and title of Rûmeli beylerbeyisi 25th July 1892. Mbr Royal Yacht Squadron 1896, Muhammad Ali Club, Royal Automobile Club of Egypt, etc. Rcvd: the Imperial Orders of the Osmans (Nishan-i-Osmanieh) 1st class and the Nobility (Nishan-i-Majidieh) 1st class of Turkey. m. (first) 21st February 1895 (nikah) and at the Palace of Shubra, Cairo, Egypt, 2nd March 1895 (zifaf) (div. 27th April 1924) H.H. Princess Ulfat Khadija Khanum Effendi (b. at Cairo, Egypt, 3rd September 1881; d. at Maadi, Cairo, 9th February 1965, bur. there at the Fazil Mausoleum, Imam al-Shafi’i), eldest daughter of H.H. Prince Usman Fu’ad Pasha, by his wife H.H. Princess Pakiza KhanumEffendi. m. (second) 1915, Taran-i-Dil Khanum (b. 1897; d. 1958), née Irma von Dassel. m. (third) Aisha, née Naraldin [Aicha-Naraldin, a German?]. He d. at Chamlija, Istanbul, 24th September 1951, having had issue, three sons and one daughter:
i) H.H. Prince ‘Abbas Halim Bey. b. at Alexandria, Egypt, 9th October 1897 (s/o Princess Ulfat Khadija), educ. Coll Saint Marc, Alexandria, Royal Prussian Military Preparatory Coll, Potsdam, and the Main Cadet Sch, Gross-Lichterfelde, Berlin, Germany. Cmsnd into the Prussian Army as 2nd-Lieut 3rd Regt of Uhlans of the Guard 1913, transf Imperial German Air Force 1914, served in the Great War 1914-1917 (wounded four times), GSO to FM von Mackensen in Rumania 1915, attached Jagdstaffel 27 Hermann Göring 1917, transf Ottoman Army Air Corps 1917, retd 1918, returned to Egypt 1924, Leader Egyptian Olympic Delegation to Paris 1924. Attended the Nazi Party Congress at Nuremberg 1938, for which he was interned in Cairo during WW2. Supreme Presdt Cairo Tramway Workers’ Union 1939. Presdt The Royal Automobile Club of Egypt (RACE) and Royal Aero Club of Egypt until 1930, National Fdn of Trade Unions 1930-1936, Cttee to Organize the Workers’ Movement 1937-1939, the Red Star Club, Club Olympique Egyptien, Touring Club of Egypt (TCE), Egyptian Bridge Fed, etc. Patron Muhammad Ali Club. Agent Egyptian Olympic Cttee 1938-1946 & 1949-1952. Life Mbr National Sports Cttee, and Féd Egyptien de Billard. Granted the title of Nabil 21st June 1922, but was deprived of his rank 11th October 1930. Thereafter styled ‘Abbas Halim Effendi until restored to his titles, 4th June 1936. Succeeded his father in the title of Prince and style of HisHighness, 24th September 1951. Rcvd: the Imperial Order of the Nobility (Nishan-i-Majidieh) 1st class, Turkish War Star, the Order of the Red Eagle 2nd class, Knt of the Order of the Iron Cross 2nd class of Prussia, German War Cross, etc. m. (first) 1923, Jessica Delma Maria [Princess Abbas Halim] (b. 1897; k. in a tragic shooting accident at Alexandria, Egypt, 24th 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, Egypt, 6th September 1925 (div. at Cairo, Egypt, 1948) Tawhida Khanum (b. at Cairo, Egypt, 11th April 1901; m. third, summer 1949 (div. at Washington DC, USA, November 1958), Captain Frank Howard Rediker, US Army retd, and d. at Lausanne, Switzerland, 20th October 1973), assumed the name of Tawhida Midhat Halim after her divorce from her third husband when naturalized as a US citizen December 1958, 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) at Cairo 1955, H.H. Princess Nafia Khanum Effendi (b. at Cairo, Egypt, 1st May 1905 or 1913), former wife of H.I.H. Prince Muhammad Orkhan Effendi, 42nd 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. at Cairo, Egypt, 6th July 1972 (bur. there at the Halim Mausoleum, Imam al-Shafi’i), having had issue, one son and two daughters:
(1) Nabila Pakiza Nevine [Princess Nevine Abbas Halim]. b. at Alexandria, Egypt, 30th June 1930 (d/o Tawhida), educ. The English Sch, Heliopolis, the American Univ of Cairo (AUC) (BA 1953), and the Tiegerman Conservatory, Cairo. Granted the title of Nabila, April 1938. Settled in Lausanne, Switzerland in 1961, where she worked as a secretary and translator before finally returning to Alexandria in 1971. Now resides partly in Lausanne and partly in Alexandria. Author of “Dairies of an Egyptian Princess: Nevine Abbas Halim” (2009). m. at Alexandria, Egypt, August 1952 (div. 1958) Salah al-Arabi [Salah Orabi], educ. the American Univ of Cairo (AUC), Cairo, Egypt. She d. at Lausanne, Switzerland, 12th April 2023.
(2) Nabila Ulviya Ulfat [Princess Ülviyeh Abbas Halim]. b. at Cairo, Egypt, 7th November 1933 (d/o Tawhida). Granted the title of Nabil, April 1938. Settled in Italy after the revolution before returning to Alexandria in 1972. m. (first) at Alexandria, Egypt, February 1952, (div.) Shahriar Orkhan Ratib Effendi (m. second, Catherine Miniconi, and had one son), 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 Ruchio Scaramella, a gentleman of Italian origin from Naples, who assumed the name of Ahmad al-Mahdi bin ‘Abdu’llah on converting to Islam. She d. at Schutz, Alexandria, 19th May 2006 (bur. Cairo), having had issue, one son and one daughter, by her second husband:
(a) Luigi Ahmad Scaramella, educ. Univ of Naples (Federico II), Naples, Italy.
(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. 20th January 1920 (s/o Taran-i-Dil). m. Marga Egon Buhl. He d. 1982, having had issue, one daughter:
(1) Nabila Nadia. m. Jurgen …, a German citizen.
i) Nabila Badia Khanum. b. 26th May 1896 (d/o Princess Ulfat Khadija). She d. unm. from diabetes, at Cairo, Egypt, 2nd April 1920 (bur. there at the Fazil Mausoleum, Imam al-Shafi’i).
ii) Nabila Ni’matu’llah Khanum. b. 16th May 1916 (s/o Taran-i-Dil). m. H.E. (Sahib ul-Izza) Husain Mahmud Rady Bey (b. 1897; d. 1990), Sec of Legation Brussels 1926-1928, First Secretary Washington DC (Charge d’Affaires Feb-Sept 1938), Env Extr & Minister Plen to Stockholm 1946-1950 (conc to Denmark, Norway and Finland 1947-1950), Under-Sec for Foreign Affairs 1950-1954, Ambassador to Belgium 1954, son of Mahmud Rady. She d. 2004, having had issue, three daughters.
a) H.H. Princess Fatima KhanumEffendi. b. at the Palace of Shubra, Cairo, 1857. She d. at Istanbul, 1871.
b) H.H. Princess Tawfika KhanumEffendi. b. at the Palace of Shubra, Cairo, 1858 (d/o Taran-i-Dil II). She d. 1861.
d) H.H. Princess Zahra KhanumEffendi. b. at the Palace of Shubra, Cairo, 13th 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. 3rd 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 2nd 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, 12th February 1922, having had issue, three sons by her second husband.
f) H.H. Princess Amina KhanumEffendi. b. at the Palace of Shubra, Cairo, 7th July 1868 (d/o Saza or Khadija Leya Kadin), educ. privately. Presdt Intellectual Assoc of Egyptian Women 1914. Rcvd: the Order of Charity (Nishan-i-Shafakat) 1st class of Turkey. m. at Istanbul, Turkey, 14th August 1890, General H.E. Muhammad Sharif Pasha (b. at Scutari, 1865; d. at Paris, 1944), Mbr Ottoman Council of State, Minister for Foreign Affairs 1882-1895, and Env Ext & Minister Plenipotentiary 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) 1st class in brilliants (15.12.1903), GO of the Order of the Legion of Honour of France, etc, son of H.E. Sa’id Pasha Sulaimaniyeli, of Iraq. She d. at Paris, 26th 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.
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 KhanumEffendi. b. at the Palace of Shubra, Cairo, 18th July 1868 (d/o Taran-i-Dil Khanum). m. at Kanlija, Istanbul, 13th July 1894 (nikah) and 6th May 1898 (zifaf)(div. 16th December 1924) H.E. Nusrat Sa’adu’llah Bey Ayashli (d. 1967), Env Ext & Minoster Plen to the Netherlands 1915-1922, and to Yugoslavia 1928, rcvd: the Imperial Order of Nobility (Nishan-i-Majidieh) 1st class, son of H.E. Rami Sa’adu’llah Pasha, sometime Turkish Ambassador to Germany and Austria. She d. at Kanlija, Istanbul, 23rd August 1952, having had issue, one son and two daughters, including:
i) Khadija Halima Khanum. b. at Kanlija, Istanbul, 4th May 1895. m. at Chamlija, Turkey, 8th April 1917 (div. 1920) H.H. Prince Ahmad Usman Fazil Bey (b. at Cairo, Egypt, 21st October 1880; d. at Ma’adi, Cairo, 22nd February 1928), second son of H.H. Prince Usman Fu’ad Pasha, by his wife, H.H. Princess Pakiza KhanumEffendi. She d. at Naples, 1972, having had issue, an only daughter – see below.
ii) Tawfika Amina Khanum. She d. at Istanbul, 31st July 1963.
g) H.H. Princess Karima KhanumEffendi. b. at the Palace of Shubra, Cairo, 13th October 1871 (d/o Vijdan Khanum). m. 1896, as his first wife, H.E. Muhammad ‘Ali Jalal Pasha (b. 1873; m. second, at Istanbul, Turkey, 16th May 1900, H.H. Princess Iffat KhanumEffendi. d. at Emirgan, Istanbul, 24th November 1922), son of Jalal Pasha, by his wife H.H. Princess Zubaida KhanumEffendi, eldest daughter of Lieutenant-General H.H. Prince Muhammad ‘Ali Pasha. She d. in childbirth, at Cairo, Egypt, 7th May 1897, having had issue, one son.
18) Prince Iskander Bey. b. at the Raz al-Tine Palace, Alexandria, 11th April 1833 (or 1831) (s/o Zelpha Khanum). He d. after 1841 (bur. Hosh al-Basha, Imam al-Shafi’i, Cairo).
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