Talk:Fuad I of Egypt

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Could it be added what language(s) did he speak and how he did manage to ascend the throne? Pavel Vozenilek

From my knowledge he spoke Albanian from where he was born. I have know idea how he got the throne thou.

Fuad I was an ethnic Albanian due to him being a descendant of Mehmet Ali of Kavala. The Kurdish ancestry is simply inaccurate or perhaps made up...Saladin was a Kurd. In fact, Fuad I wanted to be King of Albania and was given Egypt as a concession. In Prince Hassan Hassan's book, In The House of Muhammad Ali, he mentions that he had never heard of his family having Kurdish ancestry, and that he considers his family to be Albanian. Fuad spoke no Arabic, but the sources are vague on which languages he did speak, although Italian, Turkish, and Albanian are likely.

Fuad I was the son of Ibrahim Pasha, who in turn was adopted by Mehmet Ali, biologically meaning that Fuad was not an ethnic albanian. Ibrahim Pasha was of kurdish origin, hence Fuad I and his off spring were kurds..and not albanians.

Ibrahim Pasha was born in Kavala as well. Also, there is not a consensus if Ibrahim is the blood or adopted son of Mehmet Ali. Where would his Kurdish ancestry come from if he was born in Kavala, nowhere near Kurdistan and a city where Kurds did not settle.

Muhamad Ali's father was a kurd from northeastern Turkey who later on moved to Konya, Turkey and then to Kavala, where Muahamad Ali was born. Ibrahim Pasha, his son was also born there..the question wether he was adoptedis of a dubious nature.

[edit] Political History?

There seems to be a lot of focus here on his personal life, but little about how he came to rule so many countries! Also, was he a significant ruler in these countries? What did he do during his rule? Perhaps at least a reference to these other countries' history articles would be appropriate. --Schwael 15:55, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

This pic is not Fuad! This pic is Halife Abdülmecid 2 pic!!!!!! (Excuse me my English is very bad! )