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 (1794–1816) the second son of
Muhammad Ali Pasha 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, took her and her son, to live with her, and refused to be parted from him.
The Sibil Kuttab Umm Abbas at
Saliba Street
Saliba Street, (شارع صليبة), which literally means "Cross Street", is one of the old main streets in Islamic Cairo, Egypt. It runs from the Cairo Citadel in the north to the Mosque of Ibn Tulun in the south. The street is the site of many ...
in
Cairo was built in her honor.
She died in 1871 in Ataba al-Khadra Palace, Cairo, and was buried in
Qubbat Afandina
Qubbat Afandina ( ar, قبة أفندينا ; meaning: "the Dome of Our Sir"), the Mausoleum of Khedive Tawfiq, is a 19th-century monument located in the Afifi area on the eastern edge of the Northern Cemetery of Mamluk Necropoli of Cairo, Egyp ...
, Khedive
Tewfik Pasha 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