Muhammad Ali,

Prince of the Sa'id Prince of the Sa'id ( ) was the title used by the heir apparent to the Egyptian throne prior to the abolition of the monarchy following the Egyptian Revolution of 1952. The title translates as ''Prince of Upper Egypt''. Background The title was ...

( ar, الأمير محمد على، أمير الصعيد ; born 5 February 1979) is the

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to the

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thrones of

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and

Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic ...

, as the elder son of the former king,

Fuad II Fuad II (, full name: Ahmed Fuad bin Farouk bin Ismail bin Ibrahim bin Muhammad Ali; born 16 January 1952), or alternatively Ahmed Fuad II, is a member of the Egyptian Muhammad Ali dynasty. He formally reigned as the last King of Egypt and the ...

. Hello! Magazinebr>Prince Muhammed Ali of Egypt and Princess Noal Zaher of Afghanistan Prepare for their Royal Wedding
2 August 2013 (retrieved 26 November 2013).

Life and family

He was born on 5 February 1979 in

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, Egypt. Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh. Burke’s Royal Families of the World: Volume II. Burke's Peerage. 1980. pp. 26-27, 34-37, 287. He is the elder son of

(deposed while still a baby and was raised in exile) and his former wife, Fadila (''

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'' Dominique-France Loeb-Picard), and is the grandson of

King Farouk Farouk I (; ar, فاروق الأول ''Fārūq al-Awwal''; 11 February 1920 – 18 March 1965) was the tenth ruler of Egypt from the Muhammad Ali dynasty and the penultimate King of Egypt and the Sudan, succeeding his father, Fuad I, in 193 ...

and Queen Narriman. Prince Muhammad Ali was raised and educated between Europe and

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, attending ''

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'' in Switzerland. He works in real estate in

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.Whitworth, Damian.

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. Egypt’s last king on life in exile. 3 February 2011.

Marriage and issue

While on holiday in

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, Prince Muhammad Ali attended the wedding on 20 April 2012 of Prince Rudolf of Liechtenstein with Tılsım Tanberk. There, he met Princess Noal of Afghanistan, daughter of Prince Muhammed Daoud Pashtunyar Khan and granddaughter of

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Zahir Shah Mohammed Zahir Shah (Pashto/Dari: , 15 October 1914 – 23 July 2007) was the last king of Afghanistan, reigning from 8 November 1933 until he was deposed on 17 July 1973. Serving for 40 years, Zahir was the longest-serving ruler of Afghanistan s ...

of Afghanistan. The couple's betrothal was announced on 27 April 2013. Their wedding was held on 30 August 2013 at Istanbul's former

Çırağan Palace Çırağan Palace ( tr, Çırağan Sarayı), a former Ottoman palace, is now a five-star hotel in the Kempinski Hotels chain. It is located on the European shore of the Bosporus, between Beşiktaş and Ortaköy in Istanbul, Turkey. The Sultan ...

in the presence of Fuad II, the bride's parents, media, a crowd of onlookers and guests,Arabia weddings
Royal Wedding of Prince Muhammad Ali of Egypt and Princess Noal Zaher
16 September 2013 (retrieved 26 November 2013). including the couple from the reigning European dynasty which introduced them. On 12 January 2017, the couple had twins, a son and daughter:Facebook.com/FouadofEgypt
/ref> * ''Prince Fouad Zaher Hassan of Egypt''. * ''Princess Farah-Noor of Egypt''.

Ancestry

References

, - {{DEFAULTSORT:Muhammad Ali, Prince Of The Said Muhammad Ali dynasty 1979 births Living people Egyptian emigrants to France Egyptian people of Greek descent Egyptian people of French descent Egyptian people of Albanian descent Egyptian people of Turkish descent Egyptian people of Circassian descent Egyptian people of Jewish descent Sons of kings