Princess Faiza of Egypt

Egyptian royal (1923–1994)

Princess Faiza

Born| 8 November 1923
Abdeen Palace, Cairo, Kingdom of Egypt
Died| 6 June 1994(1994-06-06) (aged 70)
Westwood, Los Angeles, United States
Burial|

Westwood Village Memorial Park

Spouse|

Mohammad Ali Bulent Rauf

(m. 1945; div. 1962)​

House| Muhammad Ali
Father| Fuad I
Mother| Nazli Sabri

Princess Faiza (Arabic: الأميرة فايزة; 8 November 1923 – 6 June 1994) was an Egyptian princess and a member of the Muhammad Ali dynasty.

## Early life

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Princess Faiza was born in the Abdeen Palace, Cairo, on 8 November 1923.[1][2] She was the third child of King Fuad I and Nazli Sabri.[3] Princess Faiza was the sister of King Farouk, Princess Fawzia, Princess Faika and Princess Fathia.[2][4] Her maternal great-grandfather was Major-General Muhammad Sharif Pasha, prime minister and minister for foreign affairs, who was of Turkish origin.[5]

## Marriage and activities

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Princess Faiza did not want to marry a member of the Middle East royal family.[6] Instead, she married her Turkish cousin Bulent Rauf, who was thirty-four years old, in Cairo on 17 May 1945.[7][8] Their marriage was arranged through familial relations.[7] He was a Western educated man and the grandson of Ismail Pasha.[6] King Farouk did not support their marriage, but reluctantly endorsed it.[6] Princess Faiza and her husband lived in the Zohria Palace on Gezira Island on the Nile after their marriage.[1][9]

Princess Faiza was instrumental in Princess Fawzia's long period of convalescence in Egypt after divorcing from the Shah of Iran in 1948.[10] Faiza was one of the leading figures of the Red Crescent Society in Egypt during the reign of King Farouk.[11] 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.[12] They had no issue, and divorced in 1962.[7]

## Later life and death

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After the abdication of King Farouk following the 1952 Revolution in Egypt, Princess Faiza moved to Istanbul in 1954.[1] Then, she and her husband went to Spain and France.[7] Next, she went to the US and settled in Beverly Hills, leaving her husband in Paris.[6][7]

Princess Faiza died on 9 June 1994 at the age of 70 in Westwood, Los Angeles.[4][11]

## Ancestry

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Ancestors of Princess Faiza of Egypt[13]

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8\. Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt

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| 4\. Isma'il Pasha of Egypt|

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| 9\. Hoshiar Walda

| 2\. Fuad I of Egypt|

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| 5\. Ferial Qadin|

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| 1\. Princess Faiza of Egypt|
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| 6\. Abdel Rahim Sabri Pasha|

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| 3\. Nazli Sabri|

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| 14\. Mohamed Sherif Pasha

| 7\. Tewfika Sherif|

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| 15\. Nazli Sève

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## References

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1. ^ a b c d Richard Hornsby (16 July 1994). "Obituary: Princess Faiza Rauf". The Independent. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
2. ^ a b M. Epstein, ed. (1926). The Statesman's Year-Book. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 811\. ISBN 978-0-230-27058-9.
3. ^ "Queen Nazli". Delta. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
4. ^ a b "Queen Nazli of Egypt". Egy. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
5. ^ Arthur Goldschmidt (2000). Biographical dictionary of modern Egypt. Boulder, CO; London: Lynne Rienner Publishers. p. 191. ISBN 1-55587-229-8.
6. ^ a b c d Scotty Bowers; Lionel Friedberg (2012). Full Service: My Adventures in Hollywood and the Secret Sex Lives of the Stars. New York: Grove Press. p. 180. ISBN 978-0-8021-2007-6.
7. ^ a b c d e Suha Taji-Farouki (2010). Beshara and Ibn 'Arabi: A Movement of Sufi Spirituality in the Modern World. London: Anqa Publishing. p. 75\. ISBN 978-1-905937-26-4.
8. ^ "Bulent Rauf". Beshara Publications. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
9. ^ Dan Morrison (24 June 2013). "Lost for Decades, a Beguiling Curio from Egypt's Royal Past". National Geographic. Archived from the original on 25 June 2013.
10. ^ "Princess Fawzia Fuad of Egypt". The Telegraph. 5 July 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
11. ^ a b "Princess Faiza Fouad Rauf". Los Angeles Times. 15 July 1994. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
12. ^ Brian Wright. "Documentary Sheds Light on the Egyptian Royal Family". Cairo West Mag. Retrieved 16 July 2013.[permanent dead link]
13. ^ Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh, ed. (1980). "The French Ancestry of King Farouk of Egypt". Burke's Royal Families of the World. Vol. II: Africa & the Middle East. London: Burke's Peerage. p. 287\. ISBN 978-0-85011-029-6. OCLC 18496936.

## External links

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Media related to Faiza Rauf at Wikimedia Commons
*[m.]: married
*[div.]: divorced