Bamba Qadin ( ar, بامبا قادین; tr, Pembe Kadın; died 1871; name meaning "Pink") was an Egyptian princess, and a member of the
Muhammad Ali Dynasty. She is known also with the name of Umm Abbas.
She was the wife of
Tusun Pasha
Tusun Pasha ( ota, طوسون پاشا, ar, طوسون باشا, tr, Tosun Paşa, Ahmet Tosun Paşa; 1794–28 September 1816) was the younger son of Muhammad Ali Pasha, Wāli of Egypt between 1805 and 1849, by Amina Hanim. He was the father ...
(1794–1816) the second son of
Muhammad Ali Pasha
Muhammad Ali Pasha al-Mas'ud ibn Agha, also known as Muhammad Ali of Egypt and the Sudan ( sq, Mehmet Ali Pasha, ar, محمد علي باشا, ; ota, محمد علی پاشا المسعود بن آغا; ; 4 March 1769 – 2 August 1849), was ...
and the Walida Pasha to their son
Abbas Hilmi Pasha
Abbas II Helmy Bey (also known as ''ʿAbbās Ḥilmī Pāshā'', ar, عباس حلمي باشا) (14 July 1874 – 19 December 1944) was the last Khedive ( Ottoman viceroy) of Egypt and Sudan, ruling from 8January 1892 to 19 December 191 ...
(1812–1854). According to the family documents of Rukiye Kuneralp, Bamba may have been a daughter of Mehmed Arif Bey, and sister of Fatma Zehra Hanım, wife of Muhammad Ali Pasha's son, Isma'il Pasha.
Bamba married Tusun Pasha, and gave birth to Abbas Hilmi Pasha on 1 July 1812. When Tusun died of plague at the age of twenty three in 1816, her mother-in-law
Amina Hanim tr, Emine Hanım, italic=no
, father = Nusratli Ali Agha
, mother =
, birth_date = 1770
, birth_place = Nustratli, Rumeli Eyalet, Ottoman Empire
, death_date =
, death_place = Cairo, Egypt Eyalet, Ottoman Empire
, place of burial = Hosh ...
, took her and her son, to live with her, and refused to be parted from him.
The Sibil Kuttab Umm Abbas at
Saliba Street in
Cairo
Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metro ...
was built in her honor.
She died in 1871 in Ataba al-Khadra Palace, Cairo, and was buried in
Qubbat Afandina, Khedive
Tewfik Pasha
Mohamed Tewfik Pasha ( ar, محمد توفيق باشا ''Muḥammad Tawfīq Bāshā''; April 30 or 15 November 1852 – 7 January 1892), also known as Tawfiq of Egypt, was khedive of Egypt and the Sudan between 1879 and 1892 and the sixth rule ...
Mausoleum, in Afifi zone.
See also
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Muhammad Ali Dynasty family tree
References
Sources
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External links
THROUGH MY EYES My story, my dream, my lifeForoz Realeza "MONARQUÍA y TRADICIÓN" (Monarchy and Tradition)
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Year of birth unknown
1871 deaths
Burials in Egypt
Egyptian concubines
Muhammad Ali dynasty
Egyptian princesses