CEMETERY OF FINANCE MINISTER AHMED HESHMAT PASHA
graveyard portico flanked by a pair of rosettes. Engravings indicate: "Graveyard erected for the late Ahmed Heshmat Pasha"
burial chamber
Ahmed Heshmat Pasha
wife Fatma Maagun
daughter Fatma-Nazli
quatrain on Fatma-Nazli's tomb was written by Hafiz Ibrahim who was the protege of Heshmat Pasha particularly in his years as Minister of Education
son Hassan
son Murad
burial chamber seen from desolate palm-decked courtyard
Zamalek street sign
colored photos by Hussein A Omar