Faiza Rauf
Faiza Rauf | |||||
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Born |
8 November 1923 Abdeen Palace, Cairo | ||||
Died |
9 June 1994 70) Westwood, Los Angeles | (aged||||
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House | Muhammad Ali Dynasty | ||||
Father | King Fuad | ||||
Mother | Nazli Sabri | ||||
Religion | Islam |
Faiza Fuad Rauf (Persian: شاهدخت فايزة , Arabic: الأميرة فايزة بنت فؤاد الأول) (5 (8 November 1923 - 9 June 1994) was an Egyptian princess and a member of the Muhammad Ali Dynasty.
Early life
Princess Faiza was born in the Abdeen Palace, Cairo, on 8 November 1923.[1][2] She was the third child of King Fouad and Nazli Sabri.[3] Princess Faiza was the sister of King Farouk, Princess Fawzia, Princess Faika and Princess Fathia.[4][5] Her maternal great-grandfather was Major-General Muhammad Sharif Pasha, Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, who was of Turkish origin.[6]
Marriage and activities
Princess Faiza did not want to marry a member of the Middle East royal family.[7] Instead, she married to her Turkish cousin Mohammad Ali Bulent Rauf, who was thirty-four years old, in Cairo on 17 May 1945.[8][9][10] Their marriage was arranged through familial relations.[8] He was a Western educated man who was the grandson of Ismail Pasha.[7] King Farouk did not support their marriage, but reluctantly endorsed it.[7] Princess Faiza and her husband lived in the Zohria Palace on Gezira Island in the Nile after their marriage.[1][11]
Princess Faiza was instrumental in Princess Fawzia’s long period of convalescence in Egypt after divorcing from the Shah of Iran in 1948.[12] Fazia was one of the leading figures of the Red Crescent Society in Egypt during the reign of King Farouk.[13] King Farouk put her and her husband under house arrest due to his suspicion.[1] She and her husband launched a homemade film about a military coup six weeks before the events of 1952.[14] They had no issue, and divorced in 1962.[8][2]
Later life
After the abdication of King Farouk as a result of the 1952 revolution in Egypt, Princess Faiza moved to Istanbul in 1954.[1] Then, she and her husband went to Spain and France.[8] Next, she went to the US and settled in Beverly Hills, leaving her husband in Paris.[8][7] She lived there until her death.[13]
Death
Princess Faiza died on 9 June 1994 at the age of 70 in Westwood, Los Angeles.[4][10][13]
Honours
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References
- 1 2 3 4 Richard Hornsby (16 July 1994). "Obituary: Princess Faiza Rauf". The Independent. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
- 1 2 3 "The Muhammad 'Ali Dynasty". Royal Ark. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
- ↑ "Queen Nazli". Delta. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
- 1 2 "Queen Nazli of Egypt". Egy. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
- ↑ "Nazli". A Bit of History. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
- ↑ Arthur Goldschmidt (2000). Biographical dictionary of modern Egypt. Lynne Rienner Publishers. p. 191. ISBN 1-55587-229-8.
- 1 2 3 4 Scotty Bowers; Lionel Friedberg (14 February 2012). Full Service: My Adventures in Hollywood and the Secret Sex Lives of the Stars. Grove Press. p. 180. ISBN 978-0-8021-2007-6. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Suha Taji-Farouki (1 November 2010). Beshara and Ibn 'Arabi: A Movement of Sufi Spirituality in the Modern World. Anqa Publishing. p. 75. ISBN 978-1-905937-26-4. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
- ↑ "Bulent Rauf". Beshara Publications. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
- 1 2 "Egypt". World of Royalty. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
- ↑ Dan Morrison (24 June 2013). "Lost for Decades, a Beguiling Curio from Egypt's Royal Past". National Geographic. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
- ↑ "Princess Fawzia Fuad of Egypt". The Telegraph. 5 July 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
- 1 2 3 "Princess Faiza Fouad Rauf". Los Angeles Times. 15 July 1994. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
- ↑ Brian Wright. "Documentary Sheds Light on the Egyptian Royal Family". Cairo West Mag. Retrieved 16 July 2013.