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Princess Shivakiar first married her first cousin once removed Prince Ahmed Fuad (first cousin of her father), who later became the King of Egypt, on 30 May 1895 at the Abbasiya Palace. Fuad and Shivakiar had been no match whatsoever to each other, because at the time of their marriage, Shivakiar was one of the richest women in Egypt, while Prince Fuad's gambling debts had almost bankrupted him. She gave birth to a son, Ismail, born in Naples in 1896, and died in infancy at Alexandria on 6 July 1897, and a daughter, Fawkia Hanim, born on 6 October 1896 in the Saffron Palace.
Prince Fuad was deeply attached to his wife, but in May 1898, three years after their marriage the princess obliged him to divorce her and embarked on the series of matrimonial ventures which resulted in her having four successive husbands and three divorces. The divorce was a result of a dispute of her brother, Prince Ahmad Saif ud-din Ibrahim Bey with Fuad, after which her brother shot Fuad in the throat. He survived, but carried that scar the rest of his life.
Shivakiar's second husband was Raouf Thabet Bey. She married him on 14 March 1900, and divorced him three years later in 1903. She then married Seyfullah Yousri Pasha on 2 January 1904. He was the first Egyptian ambassador to Washington, D.C., and had been married to Mahmoud Sami el-Baroudi's daughter, Samira Hanim. They had a daughter Sarwat Hanim, who married Prince Amr Ibrahim.
With Seyfullah, Shivakiar had a daughter, Lutfia Hanim, born in 1905, and a son, Wahid Yousri Bey. Shivakiar divorced him on 10 January 1916, after which he married Princess Zainab Hanim, the daughter of Prince Ibrahim Hilmy, Fuad's elder brother, and had two daughters, Nimet Hanim and Nevine Hanim.
Shivakiar married her fourth husband Selim Khalil Bey on 5 July 1917. With him, she had a son, Muhammad Wahideldin Selim. Shivakiar divorced him on 2 March 1925, and married her last husband, Ilhami Hüseyin Pasha (1899–1992), son of Hafız Hüseyin Pasha and Gülnev Hanım in 1927.
Her elder daughter, Princess Fawkia Hanim married
Princess Shivakiar, also had a "gallery of ancestors" at her Cairo palace, where she housed busts of all the viceroys down to a huge statue of King Faruk, the last ruler of the Muhammad Ali dynasty.
She died at the Kasr al-Aali Palace, Cairo, on 17 February 1947 and was buried in Hosh al-Basha, Imam al-Shafi'i, Cairo, Egypt. After her death her youngest son, Muhammad Wahideldin Selim, asked Prince Yusuf Kemal to allow him to buy the Princess's original villa, and the prince agreed. Princess Shivakiar's son then proceed to make the palace more palatial, installing, among other things, a splendid, aubergine marble staircase. The garden was transformed, along completely formal lines, very pleasantly and successively.
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Shivakiar Ibrahim ( ar, شیوہ کار ابراھیم; tr, Şivekâr İbrahim; 25 October 1876 – 17 February 1947) was an Egyptian princess and a member of the Muhammad Ali dynasty. She was the first wife of King Fuad.
Early life
Princess Shivakiar Ibrahim was born on 25 October 1876 in Üsküdar (formerly Scutari), Istanbul. She was the only daughter of Field Marshal, Prince Ibrahim Fahmi Pasha (1847 – 1893), and his first wife, Najivan Hanim (1857 – 1940). She was the granddaughter of Prince Ahmad Rifaat Pasha (1825 – 1858) and Shams Hanim (died 1891). Shivakiar had two brothers, Prince Ahmad Saif ud-din Ibrahim Bey (1881 – 1937), and Prince Muhammad Wahid ud-din Ibrahim Bey. Her aunt PrincessAyn al-Hayat Ahmad
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was the first wife of Sultan Hussein Kamel.
Marriages
Princess Shivakiar first married her first cousin once removed Prince Ahmed Fuad (first cousin of her father), who later became the King of Egypt, on 30 May 1895 at the Abbasiya Palace. Fuad and Shivakiar had been no match whatsoever to each other, because at the time of their marriage, Shivakiar was one of the richest women in Egypt, while Prince Fuad's gambling debts had almost bankrupted him. She gave birth to a son, Ismail, born in Naples in 1896, and died in infancy at Alexandria on 6 July 1897, and a daughter, Fawkia Hanim, born on 6 October 1896 in the Saffron Palace.
Prince Fuad was deeply attached to his wife, but in May 1898, three years after their marriage the princess obliged him to divorce her and embarked on the series of matrimonial ventures which resulted in her having four successive husbands and three divorces. The divorce was a result of a dispute of her brother, Prince Ahmad Saif ud-din Ibrahim Bey with Fuad, after which her brother shot Fuad in the throat. He survived, but carried that scar the rest of his life.
Shivakiar's second husband was Raouf Thabet Bey. She married him on 14 March 1900, and divorced him three years later in 1903. She then married Seyfullah Yousri Pasha on 2 January 1904. He was the first Egyptian ambassador to Washington, D.C., and had been married to Mahmoud Sami el-Baroudi's daughter, Samira Hanim. They had a daughter Sarwat Hanim, who married Prince Amr Ibrahim.
With Seyfullah, Shivakiar had a daughter, Lutfia Hanim, born in 1905, and a son, Wahid Yousri Bey. Shivakiar divorced him on 10 January 1916, after which he married Princess Zainab Hanim, the daughter of Prince Ibrahim Hilmy, Fuad's elder brother, and had two daughters, Nimet Hanim and Nevine Hanim.
Shivakiar married her fourth husband Selim Khalil Bey on 5 July 1917. With him, she had a son, Muhammad Wahideldin Selim. Shivakiar divorced him on 2 March 1925, and married her last husband, Ilhami Hüseyin Pasha (1899–1992), son of Hafız Hüseyin Pasha and Gülnev Hanım in 1927.
Her elder daughter, Princess Fawkia Hanim married Mahmoud Fakhry Pasha
Mahmoud Fakhry Pasha (1884–1955) was an Egyptian politician and diplomat. He held several cabinet and high-ranking diplomacy posts. He was related to the Muhammad Ali dynasty, royal family of Egypt who married first the daughter of Sultan Husse ...
on 12 May 1919. She died in 1974. Her younger daughter, Lutfia Hanim's husband was Ahmed Hassanein, an Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and geographic explorer. Hassanein was the tutor, Chief of the Diwan and Chamberlain to King Farouk
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. The two married in 1926, and had two sons. The marriage, however, ended in divorce.
Last years and death
Towards the end of her life she devoted herself to the furtherance of social welfare and, as the president of the Muhammad Ali Benevolent Society, and of the ‘Mar’al-Guedida’ (New Woman), a society which trained young girls for various professions, notably nursing and dress-making, rendered great service to her country. During her last years she was renowned both for the splendour of her entertainments and for her unfailing charity. She was also the author of "Mon pays: la renovation de l'Egypte, Mohammed Aly" which was published in 1933, and The Pharaoh Ne-Ouser-Ra and His Little Slave Girl. Princess Shivakiar used to live close to Prince Yusuf Kemal's palace, in a spacious villa which he had lent to her. When she inherited from her brother Prince Ahmad Saif ud-din Ibrahim Bey, she went to live in a palace opposite parliament which had been built by Ali Pasha Gelal, son of Princess Zubeida and Menelikli Pasha.
Princess Shivakiar, also had a "gallery of ancestors" at her Cairo palace, where she housed busts of all the viceroys down to a huge statue of King Faruk, the last ruler of the Muhammad Ali dynasty.
She died at the Kasr al-Aali Palace, Cairo, on 17 February 1947 and was buried in Hosh al-Basha, Imam al-Shafi'i, Cairo, Egypt. After her death her youngest son, Muhammad Wahideldin Selim, asked Prince Yusuf Kemal to allow him to buy the Princess's original villa, and the prince agreed. Princess Shivakiar's son then proceed to make the palace more palatial, installing, among other things, a splendid, aubergine marble staircase. The garden was transformed, along completely formal lines, very pleasantly and successively.
Ancestry
References
External links
* Mausoleum of Princess Shavakiar Ibrahim, Bab Al-Khalk, Cairo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuh0BCCJVuQ {{DEFAULTSORT:Khanum Effendi, Shivakiar 1876 births 1947 deaths Muhammad Ali dynasty Royalty from Istanbul Egyptian princesses Egyptian magazine founders 19th-century Ottoman princesses 20th-century Egyptian women