The Saffron Palace ( ar, قصر الزعفران) is located in the

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ian capital of

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, near

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at Khalifa Maʽmon Road. Now it is inside the main campus of the

Ain Shams University Ain Shams University ( ar, جامعة عين شمس) is a public university located in Cairo, Egypt. Founded in 1950, the university provides education at the undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate levels. History Ain Shams University was fou ...

History

The Saffron Palace was an Egyptian royal palace.

Farouk of Egypt 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 193 ...

is said to have been born in it. The three-storey palace, designed by the French-educated Egyptian architect Moghri bey Saad, was built during the regime of

Isma'il Pasha Isma'il Pasha ( ar, إسماعيل باشا ; 12 January 1830 – 2 March 1895), was the Khedive of Egypt and conqueror of Sudan from 1863 to 1879, when he was removed at the behest of Great Britain. Sharing the ambitious outlook of his gran ...

. It received its name from the

saffron Saffron () is a spice derived from the flower of ''Crocus sativus'', commonly known as the "saffron crocus". The vivid crimson stigma and styles, called threads, are collected and dried for use mainly as a seasoning and colouring agent i ...

plantations which then existed around the palace. The palace held the administration offices of the Egyptian University at the establishment of the university in 1925. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also lodged important visitors at the palace. The Anglo-Egyptian treaty of 1936 was signed in the palace and, in March of 1945, the

Arab League The Arab League ( ar, الجامعة العربية, ' ), formally the League of Arab States ( ar, جامعة الدول العربية, '), is a regional organization in the Arab world, which is located in Northern Africa, Western Africa, E ...

was founded there.Philip W. Ireland: ''The Pact of the League of Arab States'', The American Journal of International Law Vol. 39, No. 4 (Oct., 1945), pp. 797-80
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/ref> In 1952, the palace became the administrative headquarters of Ain Shams University, which it remains to the present day. File:1950 - Nahhas Pasha and Eltaher hugging at Zaafaranah palace.jpg, Meeting between Mohamed Ali Eltaher and

Mostafa El-Nahas Mostafa el-Nahhas Pasha or Mostafa Nahas ( ar, مصطفى النحاس باشا; June 15, 1879 – August 23, 1965) was an Egyptian politician who served as the Prime Minister for five terms. Early life, education and exile He was born in ...

at the palace (1950) Ain Shams University-Zafarana Palace2.JPG

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The History of Zaafarama palace
arabicnews.com 5/6/2005 Palaces in Cairo Ain Shams University {{Egypt-struct-stub

History

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