List of Egyptian people of Turkish descent

The following is a list of notable Egyptians of at least partial Turkish descent.

List

The first Queen of Egypt Nazli Sabri was maternally of Turkish descent.^[1]

Mohamad Sharif Pasha served as Prime Minister of the Khedivate of Egypt three times.^[2]

The Islamic feminist scholar Leila Ahmed is maternally of Turkish origin.^[3]

Qasim Amin was born to father of partial paternal Turkish origin, and Egyptian mother.^[4] He was one of the founders of the Egyptian national movement and Cairo University.

Cairo-born Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu is a Turkish politician, academic, and the former Secretary-General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.^[5]

Abdel Khalek Sarwat was the first Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Egypt. He was from an aristocratic Turkish family.^[6]

Of Turkish origin, Safiya Zaghloul played an important role in Egypt's political movement and was called "Umm Al-Masryeen" ("the Mother of Egyptians").^[7][8]

King Farouk of Egypt with Queen Farida of Egypt, on a one Egyptian Pound Stamp.

• Farida of Egypt, Queen of Egypt^[9]
  • children:
    • Princess Farial of Egypt^[10]
    • Princess Fawzia Farouk of Egypt^[11]
    • Princess Fadia of Egypt^[12]
• Nazli Sabri, first Queen of Egypt^[1]
  • children:
  • Faika of Egypt^[13]
  • Farouk of Egypt, King of Egypt and the Sudan^[14]
  • Fawzia of Egypt, Queen of Iran^[15][13]
  • Princess Fathia Ghali of Egypt^[16][17][18]
  • Princess Faiza Rauf of Egypt^[13][19][20]

• Abbas II of Egypt, Khedive of Egypt^[21][22]
• Princess Lulie, the first Muslim woman to study at Oxford University^[23][24]

• Muhammad Abduh, religious scholar and liberal reformer^[25]
• Tatamkulu Afrika, poet^[26]
• Shajart al-Durr, the second Muslim woman to become a monarch in Islamic history^[27] origin, and described by historians as a beautiful, pious and intelligent woman^[28][29]
• Tawfiq al-Hakim, writer^[30]
• Leila Ahmed, writer^[3]
• Ismail Falaki, astronomer and mathematician^[31]
• Mustafa Manfaluti, writer^[32]
• Qasim Amin, jurist and women's rights activist^[4]
• Hussein Bikar, painter^[33][34]
• Nonie Darwish, human rights activist^[35]
• Nawal El Saadawi, feminist^[36][37]
• Mustafa Fahmi, Prime Minister of Egypt^[38]
• Abdel Rahman Fahmy, writer^[39]
• Mohammad Farid, nationalist leader, writer and lawyer^[40]
• Hussein Fakhry, minister of education & Prime Minister of Egypt^[41]
• Laila Fawzi, Miss Egypt (1940) & actress^[42][43]
• Dodi Fayed, film producer & last companion of Diana, Princess of Wales^[44]
• Zakariyya Ahmad, musician^[45]
• Mustafa Fazıl, Prince,^[46] third son of Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt and his consort Ulfat Qadin (died 1865)^[47][48]
  • children:
  • Ismail Fazıl, Ottoman and Turkish politician^[49][50]
  • Nazli Fazil, Princess^{[51][52][53][54]}
• Mahmud Tahir Haqqi, writer^[55]
• Yahya Haqqi, writer^[55]
• Adel Adham, actor^[56]
• Aziza Shukri Hussein, social welfare expert^[57]
• Hafez Ibrahim, poet^[58]
• Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, former Secretary-General of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference^[5]
• Khalid Islambouli, army officer^[59]
• Muhammad Jalal, writer^[60]
• Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, writer^[61]
• Ahmed Kamal, Egyptologist^[62]
• Kasim Kutay, CEO of Novo Holdings A/S.
• Amin Maalouf, writer^[63]
• Ahmed Magdy, actor^[64]
• Şemsettin Mardin, Turkish ambassador to Lebanon
• Nihal Mazloum, jeweler and artisan^[65]
• Ahmad Mazlum, cabinet minister and parliamentary leader^[66]
• Cesa Nabarawi, feminist
• Effat Nagy, artist, born to an Egyptian father, and a Turkish mother
• Muhammad Naji, painter^[67]
• Muhammad Tawfiq Nasim, Prime Minister of Egypt^[68]
• Mahmoud El Nokrashy, second prime minister of the Kingdom of Egypt^[69]
• Wedad Orfi, filmmaker^[70]
• Isma'il Pasha, Khedive of Egypt^[71]
• Khedive Tewfik of Egypt
• Tusun Pasha, father of Abbas I of Egypt
• Poussi, actress^[72]
• Noura Qadry, actress^[72]
• Ihsan Abdel Quddous^[73]
• Ahmed Rami, poet^[74]
• Hussein Refki, war minister and senator^[75]
• Hussein Riad, actor^[76]
• Hind Rostom, actress^[77][78][79]
• Zaki Rostom, actor
• Hussein Rushdi, PM, Prime Minister of Egypt^[80][81]
• Ali Sabri, Prime Minister of Egypt^[80]
• Sherif Sabri, Pasha, politician^[1][13][82]
• Muhammad Said, Prime Minister of Egypt^[83]
  • children:
  • Mahmoud Sa'id, painter
• Hussein Salem, businessman^[84]
• Abdel Khalek Sarwat, PM, Prime Minister of Egypt^[6]
• Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi, poet^[85]
• Muhammad Sharif, Prime Minister of Egypt^[2]
• Ahmed Shawqi, writer^[86][87]
• Shadia, actress^[88][89]
• Fouad Shafiq, actor^[76]
• Shwikar, actress^[90]
• Gazbia Sirry, painter
• Halil Şerif ("Khalil-Bey"), diplomat and art collector^[91]
• Muhammed Taher, the "father" of the Mediterranean Games^[92]
• Zain al-Saharaf, Queen, Queen of Jordan^[93][94]
• Ahmed Taymour, writer^[95]
• Aisha Taymuriyya, writer^[96]
• Ibn Tulun, founder of the Tulunid dynasty^[97]
• Hasan Tuwayrani, writer^[98]
• Youssef Wahbi, actor^[99]
• Adham Wanly, painter.
• Seif Wanly, painter^[100]
• Adly Yakan, PM, Prime Minister of Egypt^[101][102]
• Nil Yalter, artist^[103]
• Rose al Yusuf, actress and journalist^[104]
• Safiya Zaghloul, political activist dubbed "Umm Al-Masryeen" ("the Mother of Egyptians")^[8][7]
• Maurice Zilber, horse trainer^[105]
• Youssef Zulficar, judge and father-in-law of Farouk of Egypt^[106]
  • Abdelnasser Abdelfattah (Businessperson). ^[107]

See also

Ottoman Empire

List of Algerians of Turkish origin