Javidan Hanim

Javidan Hanim
Countess Torok von Szendro
Javidan Hanim wearing an Islamic veil
Khediva consort of Egypt
Tenure28 February 1910 – 7 August 1913
Born(1877-06-15)June 15, 1877
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
DiedAugust 5, 1968(1968-08-05) (aged 91)
Graz, Austria
Burial
SpouseAbbas Hilmi II of Egypt (m. 1910; div. 1913)
Names
Birth name: May Torok von Szendro
Arabic name: Javidan Hanim
Arabic: جاويدان هانم
HouseAlawiyya (by marriage)
FatherCount József Torok
MotherCountess Sofie Vetter von der Lilie
ReligionSunni Islam (by conversion)
OccupationPianist
Writer
Interpreter
Painter
SignatureJavidan Hanim's signature

Javidan Hanim, also known as Djavidan (Arabic: جاويدان هانم; born May Torok von Szendro; June 15, 1877– August 5, 1968), was a Hungarian noble, and Khediva consort of Egypt from 1910 to 1913 as the second wife of Khedive Abbas II of Egypt.[1]

  1. ^ Doumani, B. (2003). Family History in the Middle East: Household, Property, and Gender. State University of New York Press. p. 270. ISBN 978-0-7914-5679-8.