- Husayn Kamil
Infobox Monarch
name =Husayn Kamil
title =Sultan of Egypt
caption =Husayn Kamil wearing a traditionaltarboosh .
reign =19 December ,1914 –9 October ,1917
native_lang1 =Arabic
native_lang1_name1=حسين كامل
native_lang2 =Turkish
native_lang2_name1=Hüseyin Kamil
predecessor =Abbas Hilmi II
successor =Fuad I
consort =Ayn-al-Hayat Rifaat (divorced)Malak Tourhan
issue =PrinceKamal al-Dine Husayn
PrincessKazma Husayn
PrincessKamila Husayn
PrinceAhmed Nazim Bey
PrincessKadria Husayn
PrincessSamiha Husayn
PrincessBadia Husayn
dynasty =Muhammad Ali Dynasty
father =Isma'il Pasha
mother =Nour Felek
date of birth =Birth date | 1853 | 11 | 21 | df=yes
place of birth =Cairo ,Egypt
date of death =BirthDeathAge | | 1853 | 11 | 21 | 1917 | 10 | 9 | yes
place of death =Cairo ,Egypt
place of burial =Al Rifa'i Mosque ,Cairo ,Egypt |Sultan Husayn Kamil (
November 21 ,1853 -October 9 1917 ) ( _ar. سلطان حسين كامل) was theSultan of Egypt andSudan fromDecember 19 1914 -October 9 1917 , during the British occupation which lasted from 1882-1922.Husayn was the son of
Khedive Isma'il Pasha , who was ruler of Egypt and Sudan from 1863 until 1879. Kamil became Sultan of Egypt and Sudan after the deposition of his nephew, Khedive Abbas by the British. Egypt was declared a Britishprotectorate in 1914 at the beginning ofWorld War I . These moves brought to an end the nominal control of Egypt and Sudan by the Ottomans.Upon his death, his only son, Prince Kamal al-Din Husayn, declined the succession, and Husayn Kamil's brother Ahmed Fuad ascended the throne. At the beginning of
Naguib Mahfouz 's novel "Palace Walk ", Ahmad Abd al-Jawwad says "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." [Naguib Mahfouz, "Palace Walk" (Anchor Books, 1991), p. 12]References
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