Melek Tourhan

Melek Tourhan
Black-and-white photograph showing the head of a 69-year-old white Circassian woman facing left.
Sultana Melek in 1938
Sultana of Egypt
Tenure19 December 1914 – 9 October 1917
Born(1869-10-27)27 October 1869
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Died4 February 1956(1956-02-04) (aged 86)
Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt
Burial
Al-Rifa'i Mosque The Khedival Mausoleum, Cairo, Egypt
SpouseHussein Kamel of Egypt (m. 1887; d. 1917)
IssuePrincess Kadria
Princess Samiha
Princess Badiha
HouseAlawiyya (by marriage)
FatherHasan Tourhan Pasha
MotherJeshm Afet Hanim (adoptive)
ReligionSunni Islam

Melek Hassan Tourhan (Arabic: ملك حسن طوران)[1] (27 October 1869 – 4 February 1956) was the second wife of Sultan Hussein Kamel of Egypt. After her husband ascended the throne in 1914, she became known as Sultana Melek (Arabic: السلطانة ملك).

  1. ^ بطاقات شخصية موثقة معماريا للمباني التاريخية وسط القاهرة [Architecturally certified identity cards for historic buildings in downtown Cairo]. Al Gomhuria (in Arabic). 9 September 2007. Retrieved 2010-02-27. [dead link]