Nazli Sabri
Egyptian queen consort (1894–1978)
Nazli Sabri (Arabic: نازلي صبري; 25 June 1894 – 29 May 1978) was the first queen consort in the Kingdom of Egypt from 1919 to 1936. She was the second wife of King Fuad I.
Early life
Nazli was born on 25 June 1894 to an Egyptian father and a mother of Turkish, French and Greek origin.
Her father was Abdel Rahim Sabri Pasha, Minister of Agriculture and Governor of Cairo. Her mother, Tawfika Sharif Hanim, was the daughter of Major General Mohamed Sherif Pasha.
Nazli had two brothers: Sherif Sabri Pasha and Hussein Sabri Pasha, and two sisters: Amina Sabri and Nawal Sabri.
Nazli first went to the Lycée de la Esclave-de-Dieu in Cairo, and later attended Collège Notre-Dame de Sion in Alexandria. Following the death of her mother, she and her sister were sent to a boarding school in Paris for two years.
After returning, Nazli was forced to marry her cousin, Khalil Sabri. However, the marriage ended in divorce after eleven months. After the separation, she stayed at the house of Safiya Zaghloul, where she met Zaghloul's nephew Saeed Zaghloul; the two were engaged until Saeed broke up with her during his exile with his uncle Saad Zaghloul following the 1919 revolution.
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