Ikbal Hanimefendi’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Khediva of egypt
From Egypt 
Gender female
Birth 22 October 1876, Crimean Peninsula
Death 10 February 1941, Jerusalem, Jerusalem District, Israel
(aged 64 years)
Star sign Libra
Family
Spouse: Abbas II of Egypt 

Ikbal Hanimefendi (Arabic: اقبال هانم افندی‎‎)(Turkish: İkbal Hanımefendi) (22 October 1876 – 10 February 1941), originally a Circassian slave brought to Egypt, became the Khediva consort of Egypt from 1895 to 1900 as the first wife of Abbas Hilmi II Pasha, the last Khedive of Egypt and Sudan.

Early life

Ikbal Hanimefendi was born on 22 October 1876 on the Crimean Peninsula, Russian Empire. She was of Circassian ethnicity. Her personal name is unknown. She became a personal slave to the Valida Pasha Emina Ilhamy, wife of Khedive Tewfik, after being sent to the Khedive’s father in Egypt as a gift. It was at his mother, the Valida Pasha’s house that the young Abbas II of Egypt first saw her. As beauty offered social capital in the Middle East of the time, the young handmaid’s low status did not interfere with her advancement.

Marriage

19-year-old Ikbal was courted and won by the young prince, who finally married her after the birth of her first daughter on 19 February 1895. He then raised her to the rank of Khediva Consort, as she could not by court convention be considered “Khediva”.

The Khediva Consort admired European fashion in dress and household practices and had European servants and governesses for her three daughters. She studied with her children and had an open, inquiring mind. As dowager Khediva, Ikbal Hanimefendi was considered one of Egypt’s most beautiful women and was reputed to be a devoted wife, gaining her favor among those around the palace. However, aside from attending ladies-only state functions such as royal weddings/receptions and opera premiers, Ikbal Hanim had no official public role.

Divorce

While the marriage appears originally to have been a love-match, Khedive Abbas II later divorced her in 1900, after which he entered into a passionate romance with a beautiful Hungarian aristocrat from Philadelphia, Marianna Török, whom he had first met while at the Theresianum in Vienna as a student. They eventually married on 1 March 1910.

Death

The former Khediva Consort, Ikbal, however, never remarried and died on 10 February 1941 in Jerusalem, during the British Mandate in Palestine.

Children

Together with Abbas Ikbal had six children:

  • Princess Emina Hanimefendi (Montaza Palace, Alexandria, 12 February 1895 – 1954), unmarried and without issue
  • Princess Atiyaullah Hanimefendi (Cairo, 9 June 1896 – 1971), married and had issue, two sons.
  • Princess Fathiya Hanimefendi (27 November 1897 – 30 November 1923), married without issue
  • HRH Prince Prince (Damat) Muhammad Abdul Muneim Bey Efendi, Heir Apparent and Regent of Egypt and Sudan, (20 February 1899 – 1 December 1979), married and had issue
  • Princess Lutfiya Shavkat Hanimefendi (Cairo, 29 September 1900 – ?), married and had issue
  • Prince Muhammad Abdul Kadir (4 February 1902 – Montreux, 21 April 1919)

Honours

  • Order of Charity (Nishan-i-Shafakat) 1st class of Turkey.
You May Also Like

Richard Scaife’s net worth, biography, fact, career, awards and life story

Richard Scaife net worth: Richard Scaife is an American businessman who has a net worth of $1.3 billion dollars. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Richard Scaife began college at Yale University, but was expelled before graduating. He enrolled at the University of Pittsburgh, and graduated with a degree in English in the late 50s. A year after graduating, his father passed away unexpectedly, and he took his place on a number of corporate boards. He also became heavily involved with his family’s many philanthropic organizations. His mother passed away in 1972, leaving he and his sister in charge of the family fortune, much of which was in trust or tied up in one of their many charities. However, he and his sister became estranged a year later, and he ended up with primary control of the family foundations and funds. He started the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, a newspaper, in 1970. The publication is known for openly skewing towards the right and it has never really turned a profit. Mr. Scaife also owns a portion of the media outlet, NewsMax Media.
Read More

Chad Rogers’s net worth, biography, fact, career, awards and life story

Chad Rogers net worth: Chad Rogers is an American realtor who has a net worth of $10 million dollars. Chad Rogers was born in Malibu, California, and went on to graduate from the University of Denver with a degree in Business. After college, he returned to California, where he focused on a career in real estate. He quickly established himself as a formidable real estate agent, and became quite popular with celebrities, business people, and high-profile athletes. After joining the real estate brokerage firm, Hilton & Hyland, his real estate career really took off. He has a number of high-profile celebrity clients, as well as athletes, and high-ranking businessmen and women. He set real estate records in 2010, when he netted over $80 million dollars in sales. He also sold the highest priced property in Los Angeles County in 2010, at $23.5 million. His success in the real estate industry, led to consultation work with multiple publications, including the Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, InTouch Weekly, The Chicago Tribune, Hot Properties, and Forbes Magazine. He speaks regularly, giving seminars and talks at such institutions as The Learning Annex NYC, the Matters and Designs event in Los Angeles, Natpe, and The University of Redlands. He became nationally recognized, after he was invited to appear on the Bravo reality series, “Million Dollar Listing”. He appeared on the program for two seasons, before his hectic schedule made it impossible for him to continue.
Read More