Zeinab Zulficar

Zeinab Zulficar
Born	Zeinab Muhammad Saeed 18 September 1895
Died	18 March 1990 (aged 94) Cairo Governorate, Egypt
Title	Lady of Honor of the royal court
Spouse	Youssef Zulficar Pasha ​ ​ (m. 1920; died 1965)​
Children	Farida Zulficar Muhammad Zulficar Cherif Zulficar
Parents	Muhammad Said Pasha (father) Adila Hanim Mazloum (mother)
Relatives	Mahmoud Sa'id (brother)

Zeinab Zulficar (born Zeinab Saeed Arabic: زينب سعيد; 20 September 1895 - 18 March 1990) was the first lady-in-waiting of Nazli Sabri and the mother of Queen Farida.

Biography

Born on 20 September 1895 to a prominent family.[1] Her father was Mohamed Saeed Pasha, who served as the prime minister[2][3] and her mother was Adila Hanim Mazloum.[4] Her brother was the painter Mahmoud Sa'id.[5][6][7]

Zeinab attended Collège Notre-Dame de Sion in Alexandria.[4] She lived in the palace of her father, Muhammad Saeed Pasha, which was next to the palace of Nazli Sabri, and she quickly became friends with Nazli.[4] When Nazli Sabri married King Fuad, she appointed Zeinab Saeed as her first lady-in-waiting and gave her the title of «Lady of honour of the royal court».[4] In 1920, Zenaib married Yousef Zulficar, an Egyptian judge and diplomat.[4][8][9] They had 3 children: Farida, Mohamed and Cherif.[10][11]

In 1937, Zeinab and her daughter Farida accompanied the Egyptian royal family in their tour around Europe.[12][13] During this tour, her daughter Farida and Farouk got to know each other and married in 1938.[14] After the 1952 revolution, Zeinab lived with her daughter Farida in Cairo.[15] She later died on 18 March 1990 and was buried in Cairo.[16][17]

See also

• Narriman Sadek
• Nahed Rashad

References

1. Hussein, Marwa (2015). نساء الأسرة العلوية ودورهن في المجتمع المصري [Women of the Alawite family and their role in Egyptian society] (in Arabic). دار الشروق. ISBN 978-977-09-3351-0.
2. Qamra, Abeer (January 2019). المرأة والمدينة الكوزموبوليتانية [Women and the Cosmopolitan City] (in Arabic). Al Manhal. p. 118. ISBN 979-6-500-41056-2.
3. Hashim, Farouk (1993). فريدة ملكة مصر تروى أسرار الحب والحكم [Farida, Queen of Egypt, tells the secrets of love and rule] (in Arabic). دار الشروق للنشر والتوزيع. p. 89. ISBN 978-977-09-0128-1.
4. Farag, Samir. الملكة فريدة ثائرة على عرش فاروق : صفحات من تاريخ الملكية المصرية بالوثائق والصدر [Queen Farida Rebelling against Farouk's throne: Pages from the history of the Egyptian monarchy with documents and chest] (in Arabic). p. 105.
5. Goldschmidt, Arthur (2000). Biographical Dictionary of Modern Egypt. American University in Cairo Press. p. 178. ISBN 978-977-424-579-4. OCLC 237384904. He was also the maternal uncle of Queen Farida...
6. الشموع (candles) Issues 12-15 1989
7. Lotua, Abd-el Karim. سيرتى واسرارهم [My biography and their secrets] (in Arabic). p. 183.
8. El-tamawy, Ahmed. أفراح ملوك ورؤساء مصر [The Celebrations of the Kings and Presidents of Egypt] (in Arabic). p. 79.
9. التمثيل السياسي المصري بين معاهدة 1936 والحرب العالمية الثانية [Egyptian political representation between the Treaty of 1936 and World War II]. Memory of Modern Egypt Digital Archive (in Arabic). Bibliotheca Alexandrina. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
10. "Farouk Honors Girl's Parents" (fee required). The New York Times. 26 August 1937. p. 3. Retrieved 2010-02-19. Egypt's young King Farouk conferred today the title of Pasha on Youssef Bey Zulfikar, father of his fiancee...
11. "List of Pashas 1915–52". Egy.com. Archived from the original on May 5, 2009. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
12. Tābiʻī, Muḥammad (1978). مصر ما قبل الثورة: من اسرار الساسة والسياسيين [Egypt before the revolution: secrets of politicians] (in Arabic). p. 28.
13. Kamel, Rashad (2014). الملكة نازلى غرام وانتقام [Queen Nazli Love and Revenge] (in Arabic). p. 91.
14. Stadiem, William (1991). Too Rich: The High Life and Tragic Death of King Farouk. New York: Carroll & Graf Pub. ISBN 0-88184-629-5 p.123-124
15. Farag, Samir. الملكة فريدة ثائرة على عرش فاروق : صفحات من تاريخ الملكية المصرية بالوثائق والصدر [Queen Farida Rebelling against Farouk's throne: Pages from the history of the Egyptian monarchy with documents and chest] (in Arabic). p. 36.
16. Uktūbar - Volume 14, Issues 691-705
17. Kanafani, Fatenn Mostafa (2020-06-25). Modern Art in Egypt: Identity and Independence, 1850–1936. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 194. ISBN 978-1-83860-110-2.

External links

• Zeinab Zulficar on Geni