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Prince Muhammad Abdel Moneim Beyefendi (20 February 1899 – 1 December 1979) was an Egyptian prince and heir apparent to the throne of

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and

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from 1899 to 1914. Upon the abdication of King Farouk following the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, he served as

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for King Ahmed Fuad II until the declaration of the Republic of Egypt and abolition of the Egyptian and Sudanese monarchy in 1953.

Early life

Prince Muhammad Abdul Moneim was born at the Montaza Palace, near

Alexandria Alexandria ( or ; ar, ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ ; grc-gre, Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexándria) is the second largest city in Egypt, and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. Founded in by Alexander the Great, Alexandria ...

. His father Abbas II was the reigning

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and so Muhammad Abdul Moneim became

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upon his birth and was given the title of Hereditary Prince. He was educated at Fribourg,

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. Following the

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's entry into

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, Muhammad Abdul Moneim's father Abbas II was deposed by Britain on 18 December 1914 for supporting the Ottomans in the War. His father was replaced on the throne by his uncle Hussein Kamel, bypassing Muhammad Abdul Moneim who was now demoted in the line of succession. He was created His Highness in 1922. He served as President of the

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from 1934 until 1938. In 1939 he was appointed President of the Arab delegation to the Palestine Conference in

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in 1939.

Regency

Following the abdication of King

Farouk Farooq (also transliterated as Farouk, Faruqi, Farook, Faruk, Faroeq, Faruq, or Farouq, Farooqi, Faruque or Farooqui; ar, فاروق, Fārūq) is a common Arabic given and family name. ''Al-Fārūq'' literally means "the one who distinguishes b ...

, Muhammad Abdul Moneim served as Chairman of the Council of Egyptian Regency from 26 July 1952 to 18 June 1953 for the infant King

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, being created Royal Highness in 1952. The regency came to an end when Major General Muhammad Naguib took power and declared Egypt a republic, ending the rule of the Muhammad Ali Dynasty.

Death

He died in Ortaköy,

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, and was buried in

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Family

Muhammad Abdul Moneim married his third cousin Princess Fatma Neslişah Osmanoğlu Sultan (4 February 1921 – 2 April 2012) at the

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, on September 26, 1940. She was a daughter of Prince Şehzade Omer Faruk (1898–1969/1971) and his first wife and cousin, Princess Rukiye Sabiha Sultan (1894–1971). Fatma Neslişah was also paternal granddaughter of the last Ottoman

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Abdülmecid II by his first wife and maternal granddaughter of the last Ottoman

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and Caliph

Mehmed VI Mehmed VI Vahideddin ( ota, محمد سادس ''Meḥmed-i sâdis'' or ''Vaḥîdü'd-Dîn''; tr, VI. Mehmed or /; 14 January 1861 – 16 May 1926), also known as Şahbaba () among the Osmanoğlu family, was the 36th and last Sultan of the O ...

by his first wife. Muhammad Abdul Moneim and Fatma Neslişah had two children: * Prince Sultanzade Abbas Hilmi (b. 16 October 1941 in

), married in

on 1 June 1969 to Mediha Momtaz (b. 12 May 1945 in

), and has one daughter and one son: ** Princess HGlory

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a Sabiha Fatima Hilmi Hanım (b. 28 September 1974 in

) ** Prince HGlory

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Daoud Abdelmoneim Hilmi Bey (b. 23 July 1979 in

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) * Princess İkbal Hilmi Abdulmunim Hanımsultan (b. 22 December 1944), unmarried and without issue

References

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