THE FORGOTTEN
 C A I R O  M A U S O L E U M S
joint effort by Oxford scholar Hussein A. Omar & researcher Samir W. Raafat to digitize Imam al-Shafei's noble graveyards before their total deterioration
with the dynamic concurrence of caretaker/undertaker/contractor: Ashraf Ramadan (tel +20 12-2371-4631)

CEMETERY OF SHAMS-NUR

wife of Cherif Pasha Al-Kebir

cemetery currently under restoration - 13 January 2013 - contractor Ashraf Ramadan




Cherif Pasha al-Kebir husband of Shams-Nur
he is buried in seperate cemetery with other wife
not to be confused with his contemporary Mohammed Sherif Pasha the several times prime minister who introduced Egypt's first modern day Constitution
(photo courtesy Gulsun A. Cherif)







street sign in downtown Cairo honoring Cherif Pasha

photos by Samir W Raafat & Anna Della Subin

THE KING'S MEN @ IMAM Al-SHAFEI
BARAKAT PASHAS
KHALIL-AFIFI PASHAS
ISMAIL MOHAMMED PASHA
AHMED HESHMAT PASHA
ALI AGHA
MAHMOUD FALAKI PASHA
DILBAR HANEM
TOPUZADEH PASHA
BAROUDI PASHA
MUSTAFA MAHER PASHA
MUSTAFA RIAZ PASHA
TAYMOUR PASHA
CHERIF PASHA Al-KEBIR
SHAMS-NUR
YOUSRY PASHA
FAHMY-RAGAB
ALI FAHMI BEY
CEMETERY GATES
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HOUSE OF MOHAMMED ALI MAUSOLEUMS @ IMAM Al-SHAFEI
PRINCE FAZIL
PRINCESS NIMETULLAH ISMAIL
PRINCE HALIM
HOSH AL BASHA

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