Amina Ilhami

Emina Ilhamy (; ; 24 May 1858 – 19 June 1931) also Amina Ilhami, was an Egyptian princess and a member of the Muhammad Ali Dynasty. She was the first Khediva of Egypt from 1879 to 1892, as the wife of Khedive Tewfik Pasha. After the death of Khedive Tewfik, she was the Walida Pasha to their son Khedive Abbas Hilmi II from 1892 to 1914. Early life Princess Emina Ilhamy was born on 24 May 1858 in Constantinople (now Istanbul). She was the eldest daughter of Lieutenant General Prince Ibrahim Ilhami Pasha and his consort Nasrin Qadin (died 1871). She had two sisters, Princess Zeynab Ilhamy and Princess Tevhide Ilhamy. Princess Zeynab married Mahmud Hamdi Pasha, fifth son of Isma'il Pasha and Jihan Shah Qadin. She was the granddaughter of Abbas I and Mahivech Hanim. Marriage Princess Emina married her father's cousin, Tewfik Pasha, the son of Egypt's Khedive, Isma'il the Magnificent, on Thursday 16 January 1873. In celebration of the event, Khedive Isma'il held a reception at al-Hilmiyya Palace attended by Tewfik, several ministers of state, and the leading religious dignitaries. Poetry was composed and recited for the occasion by al-Sayyid Ali Abu al-Nasr, and Muhammad Qadri Bey.