Prince Mohammed Ali Palace - Manyal - Cairo3

Mohammed Ali Tewfik ( ar, محمد علي توفيق; 9 November 1875 – 18 March 1955) was the

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of Egypt and Sudan in the periods 1892–1899 and 1936–1952. He was a member of the Muhammad Ali Dynasty.

Regent

He was the son of

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Tewfik I and Emina Ilhamy, and the younger brother of Khedive Abbas II. Following the death of

King Fuad I Fuad I ( ar, فؤاد الأول ''Fu’ād al-Awwal''; tr, I. Fuad or ; 26 March 1868 – 28 April 1936) was the Sultan and later King of Egypt and the Sudan. The ninth ruler of Egypt and Sudan from the Muhammad Ali dynasty, he became Sulta ...

in 1936, Prince Mohammed Ali served briefly as the chief regent for the 16-year-old

King Farouk I Farouk I (; ar, فاروق الأول ''Fārūq al-Awwal''; 11 February 1920 – 18 March 1965) was the tenth ruler of Egypt from the Muhammad Ali dynasty and the penultimate King of Egypt and the Sudan, succeeding his father, Fuad I, in 1 ...

until his coronation. In 1937 he represented Egypt and Sudan at the Coronation of King

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. In January 1952, his hopes of ruling were ended by the birth of King Farouk's son Ahmed Fuad. In 1953 Egypt was declared a republic and Prince Mohammed Ali lived the rest of his life in exile and died in

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, Switzerland, in 1955.

Personal life and wealth

Mohammed Ali Tewfik had a great palace, Al Manial, which he had built in the early 20th century, that contains many artifacts in a vintage architectural ambience. It is open to the public as the Manial Palace and Museum, in Cairo. The palace has large number of rooms with different decoration which has either an Egyptian style or decoration styles around the world. Like his ancestor Abbas Pasha I, he loved and breed Arabian horses. In 1936 he also wrote a Book entitled "Breeding of Pure Bred Arabian Horses". He married

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in 1941, the former French actress Suzanne Hémon.

Notable published works

* ''Mon journal de voyage en Afrique du sud'' (1923). * ''Breeding of Purebred Arab Horses'' (1936). * ''Souvenirs de Jeunesse: Le Theresianum (Vienne de mon temps)'' (1948). * ''Ma jeunesse à Paris'' (1950).

Honours

* 1911: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold.Royal Decree of 1911/-Mémorial du centenaire de l'Ordre de Léopold. 1832-1932. Bruxelles, J. Rozez, 1933..

Ancestry

References

1875 births 1955 deaths 20th-century Regents of Egypt Muhammad Ali dynasty Egyptian nobility Egyptian princes Heirs to the Egyptian throne Regents of Egypt Egyptian emigrants to Switzerland Egyptian exiles {{Africa-royal-stub