Nazli Sabri - Life During Farouk's Reign

Life During Farouk's Reign

After the death of King Fuad in 1936, her son Farouk became the new King of Egypt, and she became the Queen Mother. Her brother Sherif Sabri Pasha served on the three-member Regency Council that was formed during Farouk's minority. In 1942 Nazli and Ahmed Hassanein Pasha, the famous desert explorer and Chief of the Royal Cabinet, were secretly married by Sheikh Mustafa el Maraghi of the Azhar. After Hassanein's death in 1946 Nazli left Egypt and went to the United States.

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