1. Emina Ilhamy Amina Ilhami, was an Egyptian princess and a member of the Muhammad Ali Dynasty.
12 Facts About Emina Ilhamy
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Emina Ilhamy was the first Khediva of Egypt from 1879 to 1892, as the wife of Khedive Tewfik Pasha.
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Princess Emina Ilhamy was born on 24 May 1858 in Constantinople.
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Emina Ilhamy was the eldest daughter of Prince Ibrahim Ilhami Pasha and his consort Nasrin Qadin.
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Emina Ilhamy had two sisters, Princess Zeynab Ilhamy and Princess Tevhide Ilhamy.
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Emina Ilhamy was the granddaughter of Abbas I and Mahivech Hanim.
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Princess Emina married her father's cousin, Tewfik Pasha, the son of Egypt's Khedive, Isma'il the Magnificent, on Thursday 16 January 1873.
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Emina Ilhamy and Tewfik had five children together; Prince Abbas Hilmi Pasha, born in 1874; Prince Mohammed Ali Tewfik Pasha, born in 1875; Princess Nazli Hanim, born in 1877; Princess Khadija Hanim, born in 1880; and Princess Nimetullah Hanim, born in 1882.
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Emina Ilhamy maintained the seniority as the Walida Pasha, which she had when she was a Khediva, and continued to have a diplomatic role.
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In possession of a large personal fortune, Emina Ilhamy gave a great part of it away in donations to charitable institutions, and was surnamed "Umm al-Muhsinin".
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Emina Ilhamy established an extensive endowment, which was partially used to pay pensions to sixty former slaves, including ten eunuchs.
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Emina Ilhamy died in exile in her country house on 19 June 1931 at Bebek, Bosphorus, Istanbul, and was buried in Khedive Tawfik Mausoleum, Kait Bey, Cairo.