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Nazli Sabri (Arabic: نزلي صبري / نازلى صبرى) (June 25, 1894 - May 29, 1978), was the Queen consort of Egypt, (May 26, 1919 - April 28, 1936) as the second wife of King Fuad. Queen mother of Egypt (1936-1950). She was the daughter of H.E., Abdu'r-Rahim Pasha Sabri, Minister of Agriculture and Governor of Cairo, by his wife, Tawfika Khanum Sharif. Queen Nazli also was the maternal granddaughter of Major-General H.E. Muhammad Sharif Pasha, Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs. She was also a great-grand-daughter of Suleiman Pasha.
She had five childern: a son, Farouk, the later king of Egypt and Sudan, and four daughters: Fawzia married later to Shah of Iran, Fayza, Fayqa and Fatheya.
Quen Nazli left Egypt around 1947 with princesses Fayka and Fathia to tour the USA. Accompying the royals were two Egypitian young employees, one of them being the christian Reyad Ghali, in whom the then teenage Fatheya fell in love. When the news reached Egypt, it trrigered the largest public anger,,,,,,for how would the muslim princess get married to the Christian man? King Farouk urged his mother and two sisters to go back to Egypt, even attempted to convince Reyad Ghali to adopt Islam to marry the little princess. It was only Fayqa who was convinced and went back to Egypt with the other Egyptian employee, in whom she too fell in love, the king was happy to acknowldge thier marraige.
Nazli and Fatheya continued being stubborn, thus being later deprieved of thier royal titles and wealth and declared no more members of the Egyptian royal family since August 1950Fatheya was happy to mary her prince charming. They lived herafter as normal citizins in USA, the need for money forcing both to work simple jobs. Later, both Fatheya and her mother converted to chrisitianty.
Yet the darkest part of the story was still to happen, that same man for whom the two women secrified thier titles, wealth and religion turned out to be a murdrer, klling Fatheya herself in 1976,,,,,and trying to commit suisuide at the same moment, yet his life was spared,,Fatheya`s gone!
When Nazli died two years later in 1978 she was burried as a chirisitan in USA. |
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