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| Muhammed Ali Pasha Wali of Egypt & Sudan |
Muhammad Ali Pasha
(1769-1849)
Wali of Egypt
Khedive of Egypt & Sudan.
Son of: Ibrahim Agha, tobacco & shipping merchant & Zeinab.
"Muhammad Ali's family was large, with a number of wives and mistresses. The wives that we know of include Amina Nosrati, his first and apparently a divorced woman, by whom he would father five children, including his successor Ibrahim, along with two other sons and two daughters, Ayn al Hayat, from whom he would father only one child, Mohammed Said, Namchaz, from whom he fathered only one child, Ziba Khadiga, from whom he fathered one child. However, there were many other wives and mistresses, and many other children. Indeed, his family is well beyond the scope of this article." (Muhamma Ali Pasha @Tour Egypt)
"Muhammad Ali had 9 wives and many mistresses, he had 8
Husband of:
1. Amina Nosrati
2. Ayn al Hayat.
3. Khadija Ziba
4. Mah-Duran
5. Mumtaz.
6. Namchaz
7. Nuraj
8. Shama Nur
9. Shams-i-Nur
10. Shams uz-Zafar
11. Zepha.
His lovers were:
Calliope.
"...The museum is alternatively known as the Kaliopa House. According to legend, the Turkish governor, Madhat Pasha, gave the house to his reputed mistress, Calliope, the beautiful Greek wife of the Prussian ambassador." (Watkins & Deliso, 2008, p. 270)
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Ismail Pasha of Egypt |
(1830-1895)
Khedive of Egypt
1863-1895
Son of Ibrahim Pasha & Hoshiar Khushiyar.
Admirer of Empress Eugenie of France.
"To say that Ismail Pasha was besotted by French culture is putting it mildly. Having loitered two full years in the court of Napoleon III in Paris, the khedive had developed a keen taste for all things French. He had, too, fallen deeply in love with the French empress Eugenie. So head over heels in love was the young khedive with the beautiful and glamorous French empress that he desperately tried to impress her with all sorts of extravagant and reckless gifts. He ordered, for example, the construction of splendid palaces along the Nile and sumptuous villas solely to induce her to visit Egypt (which she never did). He even went as far as trying to rebuild Cairo as a 'Paris on the Nile.' Amazingly, Ismail Pasha openly declared to his baffled compatriots that our country [Egypt] is no longer in Africa; we are now part of Europe. It is therefore natural for us to abandon our former ways and to adopt a new system adapted to our social conditions.'" (The Soul of Ancient Egypt: Restoring the Spiritual Engine of the World)
His lovers were:
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Blanche d'Antigny |
1) Blanche d'Antigny (1840-1874)
French actress and courtesan.
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Blanche d'Antigny |
Daughter of: Jean Antigny, a sacristan at a local church & Eulalie-Florine Guillermain.
"Blanche (born Marie-Ernestine Antigny), is widely believed to have been the inspiration for Emile Zola’s infamous courtesan, Nana. She certainly met Nana’s physical description, burnt through money at the same rate, and died a similar death to the heroine at the young age of 33. A part-time actress, she could list a Russian prince, Maharajahs and French bankers amongst her conquests. She kept a magnificent set of rooms in Paris, draped with turquoise satin and populated by liveried footmen, where she threw extravagant parties for her friends. She is infamous for appearing in public draped in diamonds." (Decadent Handbook's Blog) [Bio3:Amis et Passiones] [Bio4:Amis] [Bio5:Mossman] [Bio6] [Bio7:Blanche d'Antigny Blog]
" . . Blanche d'Antigny was 'imported' to Russia by its (sic) Prince only to be exported by the Empress, whom she had offended by buying a dress which was supposed to have been reserved for her Royal Highness. She is considered to be the model on whom Emile Zola based his famous courtesan Nana. . . ." (Writing with a Vengeance: n.p. )
2) Caroline Otero.
3) Hortense Schneider.
[Fam1]
"Ismail, a nineteenth-century Medici and the founder of modern Egypt, reflected the dichotomies of the age. Perfectly happy to have his finance minister strangled to death in the palace he had built for his beloved Eugenie, he posed in Europe as the perfect gentleman. In Paris he probably shared the actress-courtesan, Hortense Schneider, as his mistress with Edward Prince of Wales. . . ." (Egypt's Belle Epoque: Cairo and the Age of the Hedonists: 2)
[Fam1]
"Ismail, a nineteenth-century Medici and the founder of modern Egypt, reflected the dichotomies of the age. Perfectly happy to have his finance minister strangled to death in the palace he had built for his beloved Eugenie, he posed in Europe as the perfect gentleman. In Paris he probably shared the actress-courtesan, Hortense Schneider, as his mistress with Edward Prince of Wales. . . ." (Egypt's Belle Epoque: Cairo and the Age of the Hedonists: 2)
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| Queen Nazli Sabri of Egypt @Wikipedia |
Her lovers were:
1. Riad Ghali (1919-1978)
Egyptian diplomat."
Nazli Fouad, 83, former Queen of Egypt whose life shifted from palaces on the Nile to bankruptcy and family tragedy, died Monday at her Beverly Hills home. Mrs. Fouad was wife of King Fouad and mother of Egypt's last king, Farouk. She had lived in Southern California for nearly 30 years -- ever since her royal title and $5,000 a month allowance were stripped by Farouk, who was angered when his sister, Princess Fathia, married an Egyptian commoner, Riad Ghali, a diplomat assigned to the traveling royal party. Fouad had died in 1936. The former queen was barred fro returning to Egypt, and lived in exile in a 28 room mansion, which ultimately was sold as her fortunes dwindled. The family's extensive property in Egypt was confiscated after Farouk was ousted in a 1952 coup. Egypt was proclaimed a republic in 1953. The former queen and her daughter, who had separated from her husband, filed for bankruptcy in 1973 and subsequently auctioned off more than $140,000 worth of Mrs. Fouad's jewels to pay for steadily mounting debts. Mrs. Ghali worked briefly that year as a cleaning woman. Three years later, Mrs. Ghali, 45, was shot to death while visiting her estranged husband in his $200 a month West Lost Angeles apartment. Ghali, 57, was sent to state prison after his conviction on manslaughter charges. Mrs. Fouad spent her last years in a Beverly Hills home provided by friends. She is survived by a daughter, Princess Faiza Rauf of Westwood, two grandsons and a granddaughter." (Daytona Beach Morning Journal, June 22, 1978)
References.
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Fuad I of Egypt |
(1868-1936)
Sultan of Egypt & Sudan 1917
9th King of Egypt & Sudan 1922
Sovereign of Nubia, Kordofan & Darfur.
1st Rector of Cairo University 1908-1913
Son of: Ismail Pasha & Farial Kadin.
Husband of:
1. Shivakiar Khanum Effendi (1876-1947)
Egyptian princess
Daughter of Prince Ibrahim Fahmi Ahmad Pasha, Field Marshal
mar 1895, div 1898.
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Queen Nazli of Egypt |
2. Nazli Sabri (1894-1978)
Daughter of Abdu'r-Rahim Pasha Sabri, Minister of Agriculture, Governor of Cairo
" . . . Queen Nazli had no shortage of fun herself. At the time of Farouk's Wedding, she began a celebrated affair with her son's tutor, Ahmed Mohammed Hasanein, a famous soldier, scholar and explorer. Then she took up with a young diplomat, a Coptic Christian named Riad Ghali, who she married off to her daughter, Farouk's little sister. The three of them moved to Beverly Hills, where they lived together. It all became too much for Farouk when mother and daughter converted from Islam to Catholicism. He confiscated their lands and banished them from Egypt forever." (Sex Lives of the Great Dictators: 44)
His lover was:
Mrs. Suarez.
"The fact that Irene was Jewish did not bother Farouk. In fact, it rather counted in her favour. His father, Fuad, had a Jewish mistress, Mrs. Suarez, for twenty years. She even arranged his first marriage for him to his nineteen-year-old cousin, Princess Shevekar. The princess was one of the wealthiest in Egypt. Fuad had crippling gambling debts and Mrs. Suarez steered the princess's money into investments with her Jewish friends, who turned an already great fortune into a vast one. Mrs. Suarez also pressured the British into putting Fuad on the throne, even though he was not, strictly speaking, next in line of succession. She died in his arms, waltzing at a ball, and he spent the rest of his life mourning her." (Sex Lives of the Great Dictators: 45)
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