CEMETERY OF MUSTAFA MAHER & KILANI PASHAS
Like many cemeteries in Imam al-Shafei this one consists of a large central open-air courtyard where several graves are situated in symmetrical order surrounded by different sized domed loggias each with one or more tombs made of stone.
In this case the cemetery seems to be shared by various surnames related by marriage. In one section we find the Maher family after whom the cemetery is named. In another we find the Kilanis-Abouelhoda families of Syrian origin. The link between the two clans are the Hakki Abougabal descendants.
The gravestones sport different calligraphy each. For instance, the one belonging to Halima Hanem, who died in 1914, is in Thuluth script whereas the gravestone of Asma Hanem uses Kufi lettering. The more recent white marble and much smaller gravestones are in the currently used pseudo-Farsi script.
father of Asma wife of Mohammed-Ali Fouad Manasterli and mother of Mustafa Maher Manasterli Pasha who married Fatma Hakki Abougabal
Halima Hanem d. 30 November 1914
wife of Al-Sharif - Qadi Askar Mohammed Abouelhoda al-Sayaadi al-Rifai - Naqeeb Ashraaf Aleppo buried in Istanbul in 1909
mother of prime minister of Transjordan Hassan Khaled Abouelhoda Pasha
mother-in-law of Seifeldine al-Kilani Pasha
grandmother-in-law of HIH Prince Nazim Ziauldin Rashad
related to al-Kilani, Abouelhoda and Ahmed Rady families in Egypt
Al Sharifa Badia Hanem d. 1941
daughter of al-Sayed Mohammed Abouelhoda al-Sayaadi al-Rifai and
wife of Seifuldin al-Kilani Pasha, who, like his father in law, is a descendant of the Prophet through Sheikh Abdul Qadir Kilani (Jilani) founder of the Sufi 'al-Qadiri' Order
Asma Hanem wife of Toussoun Agha
