Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid
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| Born | 1901 Büyükada island, İstanbul, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 5 September 1991 (aged 89-90) Amman, Jordan |
| Known for | Painting, collage, stained glass |
| Spouse(s) | Izzet Melih Devrim Prince Zeid bin Hussein |
Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid (Arabic: الأميرة فخر النساء زيد) or Fakhr un-nisa (1901 – 5 September 1991) was a Turkish artist whose work blended the elements of Islamic and Byzantine art from the East with abstract and other influences from the West. She worked in a variety of media such as large oil paintings, collages and stained glass panels.
She married into the Hashemite royal family of Iraq and is the mother of Prince Ra'ad, the present claimant to the Iraqi throne.
Fahrelnissa was born in the Turkish island of Büyükada on the coast of Istanbul in 1901 to a prominent Ottoman family. Her father was Muhammad Shakir Pasha Kabaaj (Kabaağaçlı), an Ottoman diplomat, brigadier, photographer, and historian, and also the brother of Grand Vizier Cevat Pasha. Her mother was Sara Izmat Khanum from Crete. She was the sister of writer Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı (the Fisherman of Halicarnassus/Halikarnas Balıkçısı) and painter Aliye Berger. She was also the aunt of artist Cem Kabaağaç and ceramist Fureya Koral.
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