1. Nazli Sabri was the first queen consort in the Kingdom of Egypt from 1919 to 1936.
17 Facts About Nazli Sabri
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Nazli Sabri's father was Abdel Rahim Sabri Pasha, Minister of Agriculture and Governor of Cairo, and her mother was Tawfika Sharif Hanim.
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Nazli Sabri was the maternal granddaughter of Major General Mohamed Sherif Pasha, prime minister and minister of foreign affairs, who was of Turkish origin.
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Nazli Sabri was a great-granddaughter of the French-born officer Suleiman Pasha.
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Nazli Sabri first went to the Lycee de la Esclave-de-Dieu in Cairo, and later to the College Notre-Dame de Sion in Alexandria.
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On 24 May 1919 Nazli Sabri married Sultan Fuad I at Bustan Palace, Cairo.
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Nazli Sabri later moved to the haramlek in the Abbasiya Palace.
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Nazli Sabri was under pressure from her husband to produce a son, and was warned that she would be confined to the haremlek if she did not do so.
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Nazli Sabri then had four daughters: Fawzia, Faiza, Faika, and Fathia.
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Nazli Sabri accompanied the king during part of his four-month tour of Europe in 1927, and was much feted in France because of her French ancestry.
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In 1946, Nazli Sabri left Egypt and went to the United States for treatment for a kidney ailment.
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Nazli Sabri later converted to Catholicism, changing her name to Mary-Elizabeth.
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In 1955 Nazli Sabri purchased, for $63,000, a 28-room mansion in Beverley Hills, where she lived with Fathia, her son-in-law, and their two children, and led an active social life.
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In 1965, Nazli Sabri attended the funeral of Farouk, in Rome.
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Nazli Sabri died on 29 May 1978 at the age of 83 in Los Angeles, California.
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In 2007, Queen Nazli Sabri was played by Egyptian actress Wafaa Amer in the Drama "El-malek Farouk".
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In 2008, Rawia Rashed published a book about Queen Nazli Sabri, titled Nazli Sabri, Malika Fi El Manfa.