Melekber Hanim (, , died October 1890; meaning "Angel Wings") was the second wife of

Sa'id Pasha Mehmed Said Pasha ( ota, محمد سعيد پاشا ‎; 1838–1914), also known as Küçük Said Pasha ("Said Pasha the Younger") or Şapur Çelebi or in his youth as Mabeyn Başkatibi Said Bey, was an Ottoman monarchist, senator, statesman ...

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of Egypt and Sudan from 1854 until 1863. Of Circassian origin, she married Sa'id, and gave birth to two sons, Prince Mahmud Bey, who died young at Alexandria in 1846, followed by Prince Muhammad Tusun Pasha, born on 30 April 1853. As Sa'id's marriage with his first wife Inji Hanim did not produce any children. So Melekber was selected as a wife for him. Some otherwise perceptive foreign residents were convinced that Inji Hanim was his sole consort, and a measure of the obscurity was Melekber, although, she had borne all of Sa'id's children. After Sa'id's death in 1863 she never remarried. Their second son died in 1876 aged 23, and Melekber took upon herself the responsibility of raising his son, Prince Omar Toussoun, then only 3 years old. Melekber Hanim died at Alexandria in October 1890. She was buried in the Nabi Daniel Mosque,

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, and was later reburied in the

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Together with Said, Melekber had two sons: *Prince Mahmud Bey (died young, at Alexandria, 1846); *Prince Muhammad Tusun Pasha (30 April 1853 -

, 10 July 1876);"Al-Amir" Mohamed Tousson Sa'id (1853-1876)
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hanimefendi, Melekber Year of birth unknown 1890 deaths Muhammad Ali dynasty Burials in Egypt Egyptian slaves Egyptian royal consorts 19th-century Egyptian women

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