Ismail Chirine


Ismail Hussein Chirine was a royal Egyptian diplomat. He served as commander in chief of the Egyptian army. His ancestors had relations to Muhammad Ali Dynasty.

Chirine was born in Alexandria onOctober 1919 to Hussein Chirine and Princess Amina Bahrouz Fadel . His mother was a Turkish Circassian. She died in an airplane accident near Rome, remarried Ali Rateb from Alexandria and his father married Gulsun Hanem Aflaton. His uncle was the governor of Cairo. From the age of 12, Chirine preferred to live with his aunt Zeinab Chirine, wife of Haidar Pasha.

Source: Wikipedia