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Egyptian Royal Family

This is a group of black and white photos depicting Egypt’s Royal Family and descendants of Mohamed Ali that ruled the country from the 19th to the mid-20th Century, precisely 1952, when King Farouk I, the last Egyptian monarch, was overthrown by the Egyptian army.

The reason I’m including those photos is not the King Farouk mania currently spreading in Egypt, it’s just that I believe that each and every king or president who ruled my beloved country has influenced it in some positive way and left a good impact or at least helped the nation take a step forward in its struggle for liberation and independence.

We should pay a tribute to the Royal Egyptian Family as well as our late President Jamal Abdul Naser. We owe the Revolution of July 23rd a lot, even though, with all due respect to those who support it wholeheartedly, I hold some of its guardians responsible for the current widespread mayhem in Egypt.

Note: All photos are gathered from Flickr

Maha Youssuf

Mohamed Ali Pasha

TM King Farouk and Queen Farida celebrating the King’s 23rd birthday in Abdine Saray on Feb. 11th 1943

Said Pasha

Royal Egyptian Princesses Princesses Fawzia,Faiza ,Faika and baby Fatahia

Queen Nazli, King Farouk, Sultana Malk , the widow of Sultan Hussein Kamal , the uncle of king Farouk

Queen Nazli attending the wedding of HRH Princess Faiza to Bulent Mohamed Ali Raouf1

Queen Nazly

HM Queen Farida

Queen Farida and Daughters

Princess Fawzia, Queen Farida and Princess Faiza in the Royal Opera House in 1939

Princess Fawzia and Queen Nariman

Princess Farial

Prince Mohamed Tewfik Pasha circa 1868

King Fouad I

King Fouad I’s daughters 1920s

King Fouad I

King Farouk of Egypt announced that he would never permit a Zionist state to be established on his nation’s borders

King Farouk Laying the foundation for the rennovation of Aljazeera Mosque in Zamalek, Dec 13th 1945

King Farouk I, Prince Mohamed Ali Tawfiq and Prince AbulMoneim attending a banquet in el Kobbeh Palacce circa 1940

King Farouk and his son FouadII

King Farouk ,Queen Farida and King Faisal of Iraq

King Farouk & Queen Fareda

Khedive Abbas Hilmi II of Egypt

Amin Chamsi Pasha’s granddaughter Siadat Raafat (L) with Princess Fawzia of Egypt ex-Empress of Persia (1940s)

khedive Abbas Halmi II

Ismail Pasha

In 1945, H.M. King Farouk I visited the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and met with King Abdel Aziz Al Saud in Jeddah

Ibrahim Pasha

HH Khedive Tewfik of Egypt

HM Queen Farida and HRH Princess Faiza of Egypt Riding in The Deserts of Egypt

HM Queen Farida

Her Majesty Queen FaridaI think this photo was taken during her wedding

H.M. Queen Farida visiting an orphanage, as members of the Mohamed-Aly foundation, the queen

Abbas Helmi II Pasha
Abbas Helmy II Pasha

H.M. Fouad I, King of Egypt, circa 1935

King Farouk I

King Farouk I, Queen Farida and Princess Ferial

Bob Martin & KingFarouk

Crwon Princes Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and Mohamed Ali Tawfik

Hussein Kamal Pasha

The Ex-Wife of King Ahmed Fouad II and his son prince Mohamed Ali