Kadria Hussein (Turkish: Kadriye Hüseyin; 1888–1955) was an Egyptian royal and writer. She was the daughter of Hussein Kamel, Sultan of Egypt, who ruled the country between 1914 and 1917. She contributed various magazines, including Shehbal.
| Kadria | |
|---|---|
| Princess of Egypt | |
| Born | 10 January 1888 Cairo, Khedivate of Egypt |
| Died | 1955 (aged 66–67) Cairo, Egypt |
| House | Muhammad Ali Dynasty |
| Father | Hussein Kamel |
| Mother | Melek Sultan |
Biography
editKadria was born in Cairo on 10 January 1888.[1] Her parents were Hussein Kamel, son of Isma'il Pasha, Khedive of Egypt, and Melek Sultan.[2] She had two younger sisters.[3] Kadria received education in the languages of Arabic and French.[1]
She married Celaleddin Sırrı Bey in 1919 which lasted only for one year.[2][4] Her second husband was Mahmut Hayri Pasha with whom she married in Emirgan, Istanbul, in 1921.[1] They had two children, a daughter and a son.[2] She returned to Egypt in 1930 when her uncle King Fuad ordered the members of dynasty living abroad to come back Egypt.[4] Before leaving Istanbul she donated her residence, Huber Mansion, to Notre Dame de Sion High School.[2] She was briefly arrested following the 1952 coup which ended the rule of the Muhammad Ali dynasty.[2] Her son was also arrested by the military group who led the coup and was executed in 1956 for his alleged role in the planned coup against them.[5] Kadria left Egypt shortly after her release from prison and lived abroad.[2] She returned to Cairo and died there in 1955.[4]
Work
editKadria published several articles about the women's rights in the magazines based in Istanbul, including Shehbal, Mihrab and Resimli Kitap.[1] She also contributed to a Cairo-based women's magazine L'Égyptienne.[4] In addition, she translated literary works into Turkish.[1] Some of her books include Lettres D'Angora La Sainte (1921), Temevvücât-ı Efkâr (1914) and Muhadderât-ı İslâm (1924; Arabic: Virtuous Ladies of Islam).[2][4]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Mustafa Temizsu (2020). "Prenses Kadriye Hüseyin". Türk Edebiyatı İsimler Ansiklopedisi (in Turkish).
- ^ a b c d e f g Abuzer Kalyon; Zeynep Gözde Kozlu (2017). "Prenses Kadriye Hüseyin ve Eserleri". Külliyat. Osmanlı Araştırmaları Dergisi (in Turkish) (3): 53.
- ^ Nesrin Karaca (2012). "Bir Prenses: Kadriye Hüseyin ve Bir Ressam Vittoria Pisani". Turkish Studies (in Turkish). 7 (1): 1967−1983. doi:10.7827/TurkishStudies.3011.
- ^ a b c d e Doğa Öztürk (2022). "Kadriye Hüseyin: a forgotten female intellectual and a representation of Ottoman consciousness in early twentieth century Egypt". Middle Eastern Studies. 58 (6): 890–903. doi:10.1080/00263206.2021.2005587. S2CID 245009071.
- ^ Murat Bardakçı (20 March 2021). "Kadınların bile unuttuğu çok önemli bir kadın yazarı, Prenses Kadriye Hüseyin'i takdim ederim!". Habertürk (in Turkish). Retrieved 24 December 2022.