1. Talaat Harb Pacha was a leading Egyptian entrepreneur and founder of Banque Misr, and its group of companies, in May 1920.
11 Facts About Talaat Harb
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Talaat Harb was a renowned nationalist industrialist, he published a book calling for the founding of a national bank with financing the Egyptian economy.
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Talaat Harb called attention to the idle funds invested by foreigners for purposes other than the interests of Egypt.
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Talaat Harb continued advocating this call on all occasions, with untiring persistence.
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In 1907, Talaat Harb contributed 100 EGP to the establishment of Al Ahly SC.
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The bank, under the leadership of Talaat Harb, established a number of companies operating in various sectors, such as: textiles, shipping, publishing, movie making, insurance and the first national airline: Egypt Air.
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Talaat Harb had many roles in many modern Egyptian economic crisis and incidents like Kom Ombo sugar crisis and the likes of cotton trading.
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Talaat Harb initiated many economic projects in Saudi Arabia for which he was acknowledged by presenting two pieces of the Kiswa of Kabaa by HM King Abdul-'Aziz Al-Sa'ud of Saudi Arabia in 1936.
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Talaat Harb lost his wife at a relatively early age.
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Talaat Harb was survived by his four daughters: Fatma, Aisha, Khadiga and Hoda.
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Talaat Harb was commemorated in the writings and poems of the then poet laureate Ahmed Shawqi, Abbas al-Aqqad, Ihsan Abdel Quddous, Salah Gawdat and the Lebanese-American Kahlil Gibran.