| Hussein Kamel حسين كامل | |
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_(pd).jpg) Portrait byCharles Chusseau-Flaviens | |
| Sultan of Egypt | |
| Reign | 19 December 1914 – 9 October 1917 |
| Predecessor | Abbas Hilmi II (as Khedive of Egypt) |
| Successor | Fuad I |
| Prime Minister | Hussein Roshdy Pasha |
| Born | (1853-11-21)21 November 1853 Cairo,Egypt Eyalet,Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 9 October 1917(1917-10-09) (aged 63) Cairo,Sultanate of Egypt |
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| Issue | Prince Kamal el Dine Hussein Princess Kazima Hussein Princess Kamila Hussein Prince Ahmed Kazim Hussein PrincessKadria Hussein Princess Samiha Hussein Princess Badia Hussein |
| House | Alawiyya |
| Father | Isma'il I of Egypt |
| Mother | Nur Felek Qadin |
Hussein Kamel (Arabic:حسين كامل; 21 November 1853 – 9 October 1917) was theSultan of Egypt from 19 December 1914 to 9 October 1917, during theBritish protectorate overEgypt. He was the first person to hold the title ofSultan of Egypt since the killing of SultanTuman II by theOttomans in 1517 followingtheir conquest of Egypt.
Hussein Kamel was the second son ofKhediveIsmail Pasha, who ruled Egypt from 1863 to 1879. He was declaredSultan of Egypt on 19 December 1914, after the occupying British forces had deposed his nephew, KhediveAbbas Hilmi II, on 5 November 1914. Though presented as the re-establishment of the pre-Ottoman Egyptian sultanate, the newly createdSultanate of Egypt was to be a Britishprotectorate, with effective political and military power vested in British officials. This brought to an end thede jureOttoman sovereignty overEgypt, which had been largely nominal sinceMuhammad Ali's seizure of power in 1805.
Upon Hussein Kamel's death, his only son,Prince Kamal el Dine Hussein, declined the succession, and Hussein Kamel's brother Ahmed Fuad ascended the throne asFuad I. At the beginning ofNaguib Mahfouz's novelPalace 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."[1]
Stereoscope photographs of the coronation and burial processions of Sultan Hussein are available on the Rare Books and Special Collections Digital Library of the American University in Cairo.
Media related toHussein Kamel of Egypt at Wikimedia CommonsHussein Kamel of Egypt Born: 21 November 1853 Died: 9 October 1917 | ||
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| Preceded byasKhedive of Egypt and Sudan | Sultan of Egypt and the Sudan 19 December 1914 – 9 October 1917 | Succeeded by |
| Recreated Title last held by Tuman Bay II | ||
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| Preceded by | Minister of Public Works 26 August 1872 – 7 September 1875 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Speaker of the Legislative Council 30 January 1909 – 3 March 1910 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded byasOttoman Suzerain | Head of state of Egypt 19 December 1914 – 9 October 1917 | Succeeded by |
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