Prince Kamal el Dine Hussein
Kamal el Dine Hussein | |
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House of Muhammad Ali | |
Father | Hussein Kamel |
Mother | Ayn al-Hayat Ahmad |
Occupation | Officer, collector, explorer, traveler |
Prince Kamal el Dine Hussein (
Renunciation of succession rights
Several otherwise reliable sources mistakenly assert that Kamal el Dine Hussein held the position of heir during his father's three-year reign.
On 21 September 1917, three weeks before Hussein Kamel's death, the British chose Ahmed Fouad as his successor. However, they first requested that Kamal el Dine make a formal renunciation of the throne, in order for the United Kingdom not to appear in the eyes of the Egyptian public as having deprived him of his legitimate rights. Although there were rumours that Kamel el Dine had declined the succession under the influence of his wife Nimet Allah (who did not recognize the legitimacy of her brother
A famous reference to Kamal el Dine Hussein occurs in the opening pages of Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz's novel Palace Walk (1956), where one of the protagonists states: "What a fine man Prince Kamal al-Din Husayn is! Do you know what he did? He refused to ascend the throne of his late father so long as the British are in charge."[6]
In 1934, a year after his death, fellow desert explorer László Almásy erected a monument to his one-time sponsor and friend, at the southern tip of the Gilf Kebir plateau at the far end of Egypt's Western Desert, part of the greater Libyan Desert.
Military career
Educated at the Theresian Military Academy in Austria, Prince Kamal el Dine Hussein attained the rank of general and became the commander-in-chief of the Egyptian Army in 1914.
Marriage
Prince Kamal el Dine Hussein married in Cairo on 5 May 1904 to Princess Nimet Allah (1881–1965), youngest daughter of Khedive Tewfik Pasha. The couple did not have any children.
Ancestry
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References
- ^ "New Ruler of Egypt Is a Dancing Sultan" (PDF). The New York Times: SM6. 27 December 1914. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
Sultan Hussein's son, Kemal Eddine, now becomes Crown Prince and next heir to the throne.
- ^ a b c Rizk, Yunan Labib. المكانة بين الاحتلال والحماية [Status Between the Occupation and the Protectorate] (Reprint). AlMussawar (in Arabic). Egypt State Information Service. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
- OCLC 18496936. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
His childless only son renounced the succession, which passed to his half-brother Fuad
- ^ El-Hebeishy, Mohamed (4–10 May 2006). "Into the heart of mystery". Al-Ahram Weekly (793). Archived from the original on 28 May 2013. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
- ^ F. J. R. R., "A Reconnaissance of the Gilf Kebir by the Late Sir Robert Clayton East Clayton" and P. A. Clayton, "The Western Side of the Gilf Kebir" Geographical Journal 81, 249-254 and 254-259, (1933)
- OCLC 48641887.
External links
- Soszynski, Henry. "Prince Kemaleddin HUSAYN". Ancestry.com, Inc. Archived from the originalon 24 October 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
- The Prince Kamal Monument on Wikimapia