Bamba Qadin

Bamba Qadin (Arabic: بامبا قادین‎; Turkish: Pembe Kadın; died 1871), meaning "Pink",[1] was an Egyptian princess, and a member of the Muhammad Ali Dynasty.[2] She is known also with the name of Umm Abbas.[3] She was the wife of Tusun Pasha (1794–1816) the second son of Muhammad Ali Pasha and the Walida Pasha to their son Abbas Hilmi Pasha (1812–1854).[4]

Bamba Qadin
Walida Pasha of Egypt
Tenure10 November 1848 – 13 July 1854
PredecessorTitle created
SuccessorHoshiyar Qadin
BornEgypt or Ottoman Empire
Died1871
Ataba al-Khadra Palace, Cairo, Egypt
Burial
Qubbat Afandina, Khedive Tawfik Mausoleum, Kait Bey, Cairo, Egypt
SpouseTusun Pasha
IssueAbbas I of Egypt
HouseMuhammad Ali (by marriage)
ReligionSunni Islam

Bamba married Tusun Pasha, and gave birth to Abbas Hilmi Pasha on 1 July 1812.[5] When Tusun died of plague at the age of twenty three in 1816, her mother-in-law Amina Hanim, took her and her son, to live with her, and refused to be parted from him.[6]

The Sibil Kuttab Umm Abbas at Saliba Street in Cairo was built in her honor.[3]

She died in 1871 in Ataba al-Khadra Palace, Cairo, and was buried in Qubbat Afandina, Khedive Tewfik Pasha Mausoleum, in Afifi zone.[7][8][9]

See also

References
  1. Folia Orientalia, Volume 37. Państwowe Wydawn. Naukowe. 2001. p. 81.
  2. Hoiberg, Dale H., ed. (2010). "Abbas I (Egypt)". Encyclopædia Britannica. I: A–Ak - Bayes (15th ed.). Chicago, IL: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. ISBN 978-1-59339-837-8.
  3. Kadi, Galila El; Bonnamy, Alain (May 24, 2007). Architecture for the Dead : Cairo's Medieval Necropolis. American Univ in Cairo Press. ISBN 9789774160745. Retrieved May 24, 2019 – via Google Books.
  4. Anon (20 July 2009). "14-Mohamed Ali's Dynasty". Egypt: State Information Service. Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  5. Goldschmidt, Arthur Jr (2000). Biographical Dictionary of Modern Egypt. Lynne Rienner Publishers. pp. 2. ISBN 978-1-555-87229-8.
  6. Tugay, Emine Foat (1963). Three Centuries: Family Chronicles of Turkey and Egypt. Oxford University Press. pp. 115–16.
  7. https://www.undeadcrafts.com/about1-c10x1
  8. Williams, Caroline (2008). Islamic Monuments in Cairo: The Practical Guide. American Univ in Cairo Press. p. 247. ISBN 978-9-774-16205-3.
  9. El Kadi, Galila; Bonnamy, Alain (2007). Architecture for the Dead : Cairo's Medieval Necropolis. American Univ in Cairo Press. p. 199. ISBN 978-9-774-16074-5.

Sources
  • Cuno, Kenneth M. (April 1, 2015). Modernizing Marriage: Family, Ideology, and Law in Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Egypt. Syracuse University Press. ISBN 978-0-815-65316-5.
  • Doumani, Beshara (February 1, 2012). Family History in the Middle East: Household, Property, and Gender. SUNY Press. ISBN 978-0-791-48707-5.
Egyptian royalty
Preceded by
Title created		 Walida Pasha of Egypt
10 November 1848 – 13 July 1854		 Succeeded by
Hoshiyar Qadin
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