Faiza Rauf

Faiza Rauf
Full name
Faiza Fouad Rauf
House Muhammad Ali Dynasty
Father King Fuad
Mother Nazli Sabri
Born 8 November 1923
Abdeen Palace, Cairo
Died 9 June 1994 (aged 70)
Westwood, Los Angeles
Religion Islam

Faiza Fuad Rauf (Persian: شاهدخت فايزة ‎, Arabic: الأميرة فايزة بنت فؤاد الأول‎) (5 (8 November 1923 - 9 June 1994) was an Egyptian princess and a member of the Muhammad Ali Dynasty.

Early life

Princess Faiza was born in the Abdeen Palace, Cairo, on 8 November 1923.[1][2] She was the third child of King Fouad and Nazli Sabri.[3] Princess Faiza was the sister of King Farouk, Princess Fawzia, Princess Faika and Princess Fathia.[4][5] Her maternal great-grandfather was Major-General Muhammad Sharif Pasha, Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, who was of Turkish origin.[6]

Marriage and activities

Princess Faiza did not want to marry a member of the Middle East royal family.[7] Instead, she married to her Turkish cousin Mohammad Ali Bulent Rauf, who was thirty-four years old, in Cairo on 17 May 1945.[8][9][10] Their marriage was arranged through familial relations.[8] He was a Western educated man who was the grandson of Ismail Pasha.[7] King Farouk did not support their marriage, but reluctantly endorsed it.[7] Princess Faiza and her husband lived in the Zohria Palace on Gezira Island in the Nile after their marriage.[1][11]

Princess Faiza was instrumental in Princess Fawzia’s long period of convalescence in Egypt after divorcing from the Shah of Iran in 1948.[12] Fazia was one of the leading figures of the Red Crescent Society in Egypt during the reign of King Farouk.[13] King Farouk put her and her husband under house arrest due to his suspicion.[1] She and her husband launched a homemade film about a military coup six weeks before the events of 1952.[14] They had no issue, and divorced in 1962.[8][2]

Later life

After the abdication of King Farouk as a result of the 1952 revolution in Egypt, Princess Faiza moved to Istanbul in 1954.[1] Then, she and her husband went to Spain and France.[8] Next, she went to the US and settled in Beverly Hills, leaving her husband in Paris.[8][13] Her brother, ex-King Farouk, occasionally visited her in Beverly Hills.[7] She lived there until her death.[13]

Death

Princess Faiza died on 9 June 1994 at the age of 70 in Westwood, Los Angeles.[4][10][13]

Honours

Ancestry

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Richard Hornsby (16 July 1994). "Obituary: Princess Faiza Rauf". The Independent. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "The Muhammad 'Ali Dynasty". Royal Ark. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  3. ↑ "Queen Nazli". Delta. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Queen Nazli of Egypt". Egy. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  5. ↑ "Nazli". A Bit of History. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  6. ↑ Arthur Goldschmidt (2000). Biographical dictionary of modern Egypt. Lynne Rienner Publishers. p. 191. ISBN 1-55587-229-8.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Scotty Bowers; Lionel Friedberg (14 February 2012). Full Service: My Adventures in Hollywood and the Secret Sex Lives of the Stars. Grove Press. p. 180. ISBN 978-0-8021-2007-6. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Suha Taji-Farouki (1 November 2010). Beshara and Ibn 'Arabi: A Movement of Sufi Spirituality in the Modern World. Anqa Publishing. p. 75. ISBN 978-1-905937-26-4. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  9. ↑ "Bulent Rauf". Beshara Publications. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Egypt". World of Royalty. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  11. ↑ Dan Morrison (24 June 2013). "Lost for Decades, a Beguiling Curio from Egypt’s Royal Past". National Geographic. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
  12. ↑ "Princess Fawzia Fuad of Egypt". The Telegraph. 5 July 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 "Princess Faiza Fouad Rauf". Los Angeles Times. 15 July 1994. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  14. ↑ Brian Wright. "Documentary Sheds Light on the Egyptian Royal Family". Cairo West Mag. Retrieved 16 July 2013.