Zeinab Zulficar

Egyptian noble (1895–1990)
Youssef Zulficar Pasha
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(m. 1920; died 1965)​
ChildrenFarida Zulficar
Muhammad Zulficar
Cherif ZulficarParents
  • Muhammad Said Pasha (father)
  • Adila Hanim Mazloum (mother)
RelativesMahmoud Sa'id (brother)

Zeinab Zulficar (born Zeinab Saeed Arabic: زينب سعيد; 20 September 1895 - 18 March 1990) was the first lady-in-waiting of Nazli Sabri and the mother of Queen Farida.

Biography

Born on 20 September 1895 to a prominent family.[1] Her father was Mohamed Saeed Pasha, who served as the prime minister[2][3] and her mother was Adila Hanim Mazloum.[4] Her brother was the painter Mahmoud Sa'id.[5][6][7]

Zeinab attended Collège Notre-Dame de Sion in Alexandria.[4] She lived in the palace of her father, Muhammad Saeed Pasha, which was next to the palace of Nazli Sabri, and she quickly became friends with Nazli.[4] When Nazli Sabri married King Fuad, she appointed Zeinab Saeed as her first lady-in-waiting and gave her the title of «Lady of honour of the royal court».[4] In 1920, Zenaib married Yousef Zulficar, an Egyptian judge and diplomat.[4][8][9] They had 3 children: Farida, Mohamed and Cherif.[10][11]

In 1937, Zeinab and her daughter Farida accompanied the Egyptian royal family in their tour around Europe.[12][13] During this tour, her daughter Farida and Farouk got to know each other and married in 1938.[14] After the 1952 revolution, Zeinab lived with her daughter Farida in Cairo.[15] She later died on 18 March 1990 and was buried in Cairo.[16][17]

See also

  • Narriman Sadek
  • Nahed Rashad

References

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  2. ^ Qamra, Abeer (January 2019). المرأة والمدينة الكوزموبوليتانية [Women and the Cosmopolitan City] (in Arabic). Al Manhal. p. 118. ISBN 979-6-500-41056-2.
  3. ^ Hashim, Farouk (1993). فريدة ملكة مصر تروى أسرار الحب والحكم [Farida, Queen of Egypt, tells the secrets of love and rule] (in Arabic). دار الشروق للنشر والتوزيع. p. 89. ISBN 978-977-09-0128-1.
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  5. ^ Goldschmidt, Arthur (2000). Biographical Dictionary of Modern Egypt. American University in Cairo Press. p. 178. ISBN 978-977-424-579-4. OCLC 237384904. He was also the maternal uncle of Queen Farida...
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  7. ^ Lotua, Abd-el Karim. سيرتى واسرارهم [My biography and their secrets] (in Arabic). p. 183.
  8. ^ El-tamawy, Ahmed. أفراح ملوك ورؤساء مصر [The Celebrations of the Kings and Presidents of Egypt] (in Arabic). p. 79.
  9. ^ التمثيل السياسي المصري بين معاهدة 1936 والحرب العالمية الثانية [Egyptian political representation between the Treaty of 1936 and World War II]. Memory of Modern Egypt Digital Archive (in Arabic). Bibliotheca Alexandrina. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
  10. ^ "Farouk Honors Girl's Parents" (fee required). The New York Times. 26 August 1937. p. 3. Retrieved 2010-02-19. Egypt's young King Farouk conferred today the title of Pasha on Youssef Bey Zulfikar, father of his fiancee...
  11. ^ "List of Pashas 1915–52". Egy.com. Archived from the original on May 5, 2009. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
  12. ^ Tābiʻī, Muḥammad (1978). مصر ما قبل الثورة: من اسرار الساسة والسياسيين [Egypt before the revolution: secrets of politicians] (in Arabic). p. 28.
  13. ^ Kamel, Rashad (2014). الملكة نازلى غرام وانتقام [Queen Nazli Love and Revenge] (in Arabic). p. 91.
  14. ^ Stadiem, William (1991). Too Rich: The High Life and Tragic Death of King Farouk. New York: Carroll & Graf Pub. ISBN 0-88184-629-5 p.123-124
  15. ^ Farag, Samir. الملكة فريدة ثائرة على عرش فاروق : صفحات من تاريخ الملكية المصرية بالوثائق والصدر [Queen Farida Rebelling against Farouk's throne: Pages from the history of the Egyptian monarchy with documents and chest] (in Arabic). p. 36.
  16. ^ Uktūbar - Volume 14, Issues 691-705
  17. ^ Kanafani, Fatenn Mostafa (2020-06-25). Modern Art in Egypt: Identity and Independence, 1850–1936. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 194. ISBN 978-1-83860-110-2.
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