Ayn al-Hayat Qadin explained

Consort:yes
Ayn al-Hayat Qadin
Issue:Sa'id of Egypt
House:Muhammad Ali (by marriage)
Full Name:Arabic: عين الحياة خانم قادین
Turkish: Aynülhayat Kadın|italic=no
Death Date:1849
Death Place:Cairo, Egypt
Place Of Burial:Hosh al-Basha, Imam-i Shafi'i Mausoleum, Cairo, Egypt

Ayn al-Hayat Qadin (Arabic: عين الحياة خانم قادین; Turkish: Aynülhayat Kadın; died 1849; meaning "Spring of life")[1] was a consort of Muhammad Ali of Egypt (1769–1849), the first monarch of the Muhammad Ali dynasty, and mother of Sa'id of Egypt (1822–1863), Wāli of Egypt and Sudan from 1854 until 1863.

Life

Of Circassian origin, Ayn al-Hayat was a victim of the Circassian slave trade, married Muhammad Ali, and gave birth to her only son on 17 March 1822.[2] [3] She was widowed at Muhammad Ali's death in 1848.

She died in 1849, five years before her son Sa'id ascended the throne.[4] She was buried in Hosh al-Basha, the mausoleum of the Royal Family in Fustat, Cairo, Egypt.[5]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Review of National Literatures. St. John's University Press. Review of National Literatures. v. 1-2. 1970. 155.
  2. Book: Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd. Burke's Royal Families of the World: Africa & the Middle East. Burke's Peerage. 1977. 28. 978-0-850-11029-6.
  3. Web site: زوجات حكام مصر من عهد محمد على حتى عهد الملك فاروق الاول - فاروق مصر. www.faroukmisr.net. 7 December 2020.
  4. Book: Beshara Doumani. Family History in the Middle East: Household, Property, and Gender. SUNY Press. 2003. 270. 978-0-791-48707-5.
  5. Web site: Hosh al-Basha in the Southern Cemetery of Cairo. 7 December 2020.