Nazli Sabri | |||||
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Sultana Nazli's coronation as Queen Nazli
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Sultana of Egypt | |||||
Tenure | 26 May 1919 – 15 March 1922 | ||||
Queen consort of Egypt | |||||
Tenure | 15 March 1922 – 28 April 1936 | ||||
Born |
Alexandria, Khedivate of Egypt |
25 June 1894||||
Died | 29 May 1978 Los Angeles, California, United States |
(aged 83)||||
Burial | Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California, United States | ||||
Spouse |
Khalil Sabri (m. 1918; div. 1918) Fuad I of Egypt (m. 1919; d. 1936) |
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Issue |
Farouk I Princess Fawzia Princess Faiza Princess Faika Princess Fathia |
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House | House of Muhammad Ali (by marriage) | ||||
Father | Abdul Rahman Sabri Pasha | ||||
Mother | Tawfika Sharif | ||||
Religion |
Christianity (Catholicism) prev. Sunni Islam |
Full name | |
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Nazli Abdurrahim Sabri |
Royal styles of Queen Nazli of Egypt |
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Reference style | Her Majesty |
Spoken style | Your Majesty |
Alternative style | Hanem |
Nazli Sabri (Arabic: نزلي صبري / نازلى صبرى; Turkish: Nazlı Sabri; 25 June 1894 – 29 May 1978) was Queen of Egypt from 1919 to 1936 as the second wife of King Fuad.
Nazli was born on 25 June 1894. Her father was Abdur Rahim Sabri Pasha, minister of agriculture and governor of Cairo, and her mother was Tawfika Khanum Sharif. Nazli had a brother, Sherif Sabri Pasha, and a sister.
She was the maternal granddaughter of Major General Muhammad Sharif Pasha, prime minister and minister of foreign affairs, who was of Turkish origin. She was also a great-granddaughter of the French-born officer Suleiman Pasha.
Nazli first went to the Lycée de la Mère-de-Dieu in Cairo, and later to the Collège Notre-Dame de Sion in Alexandria. Following the death of her mother, she and her sister were sent to a boardingschool in Paris, France, for two years. After returning, Nazli married an Egyptian aristocrat, but soon she divorced. Then she had an affair with Saeed Zaghloul, nephew of nationalist leader Saad Zaghloul. She was almost engaged to him. However, both men left Egypt following the 1919 revolution.
The Sultan of Egypt, Fuad I first saw Nazli at an opera performance. On 12 May 1919, Fuad proposed to her, although he was 25 years her senior. On 24 May 1919 Nazli married Sultan Fuad I at Bustan Palace, Cairo. It was the second marriage for both Nazli and Fuad. She later moved to the haramlek in the Abbasiya Palace. She was under pressure from her husband to produce a son, and was warned that she would confined to the haremlek if she did not do so. After the birth of their only son, Farouk, she was allowed to move into Koubbeh Palace with her husband. When Fuad's title was altered to King, she was given the title of Queen. She then had four daughters: Fawzia, Faiza, Faika, and Fathiya.