| *
Born in cairo in 1877 and died in Paris on 31st December 1953 |
| * Travelled to Paris
in 1897 to study law |
| * Married French woman
Ms Emiline Lock in 1903 |
| * The couple returned
to Egypt and stayed in his palace in Giza in 1918 |
| * Together with Prince
Youssef Kamal he established the Society of Lovers of Fine Arts in 1924 |
| * Chaired the Society
of Lovers of Fine Arts in 1925 |
| * He was the
commissaire-general of the Egyptian Pavilion at the international exhibition of art
organised in Paris in 1937 |
* Appointed Minister
of Agriculture in the Al Wafd cabinet in 1937
|
| * Co-organised the
French exhibition of fine arts and décor in Cairo in 1938 |
| * Voted the Speaker of
the Senate from 1939-1940 |
| * Voted member of the
French Academy of Fine Arts in 1949 |
| * Appointed the
correspondent of the French Academy of Fine Arts on 20th of October 1948 |
| * Sponsored the
exhibition of décor Egypt-France held in Paris in 1949 |
| * Voted the Speaker of
the Senate from 1939-1940 |
