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As to the Semsi Ahmet Pasha (his name comes from the word "sams" or the
sun which replaces the moon on the alem of the mosque by way of allusion).
He had plotted against Sokollu Mehmet Pasha who was the Grand Admiral and
then the Grand Vezir for some months before his assasination. Semsi Pasha had
to wait for some time before Murat II gave him the seal of the Grand Vezir.
The appointment was noteworthy for he was the first sadrazam since the 15th
century who was of noble, indeed royal Ottoman descent and not the child of
a devsirme. He was the head of the Isfendiyaroglu family and a descendant
of the Candarli house which had been stripped of its immense powers by
Beyazit II and Selim the Grim. He was not to hold the office for long and
he commissioned Mimar Sinan to build him a mosque in 1580, there was little
time to spare. The little complex considered among the smallest erected by a
Chancellor,is set against the water along the point of Usküdar. Its garden
is open towards the sea from which it is cut off by a wall with grilled
windows and a modest gate. It is clear that this was meant to be the
approach because the back of the madrassa cells on this side are faced in
stone and not in mixed courses. The complex consists of a small square
mosque, an L shaped madrassa, a dershane (lecture room), and the türbe or tomb of the pasha. This complex is the forerunner of the small sadrazam complexes of
the next century which were built along the Divan Yolu in particular.
SECOND AND THIRD GENERATION
portrait of Amin Chamsi's grandson Dr. Wahid Raafat painted by Ismail Shammout in 1954
FOURTH AND FIFTH GENERATION
great-granddaughter Jailan above (young girl) and Jailan again at her granddaughter's wedding (August 2006) below
SIXTH GENERATION
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Above and below, the Ahmet Semsi (Chamsi) Pasha mosque in Uskudar, Istanbul.
(information on Semsi mosque in Uskudar, Istanbul courtesy of Zeynep Inankur).
Amin Chamsi Pasha cemtery at Zagazig, Sharkia
1928 cabinet leaving Abdin Palace after meeting with King Fouad. Ali Chamsi Pasha extreme right
Special Session of the Assembly Convened for the Purpose of Considering the Request of the Kingdom of Egypt for Admission to the League of Nations Geneva, May 26 - May 27, 1937
Egyptian delegation: Ali Chamsi Pasha, Foreign Minister Wassef Ghali Pasha, Prime Minister Mustafa Nahas Pasha and Wafd Party elder Makram-Ebeid Pasha.
Standing L-R: Fouad Pharaony, Mohammed Salah El Din Pasha (later Foreign Minister), George Dumani Bey, Leon Dichy, Mr. Ghali
Last passport picture of Ali Amin Chamsi Pasha
above: Amin Chamsi Pasha's grandson airforce cadet Hussein-Zulfikar Sabry (1940s) pilot to King Farouk,
later appointed senior negotiator for Sudan's independence; point man with Che Guevara (1960s); Egypt's emissary to Red China's Premier Chou En-lai; and acting foreign minister
Post WW-II wedding of Amin Chamsi Pasha's grandson Ismail Sabry
Amin Chamsi Pasha's daughter Nimet and her son Raouf Sirry Bey
newly nominated prime minister of Egypt Amin Chamsi Pasha's grandson Ali Sabry walks out of Koubbeh Palace with Gamal Abdel Nasser
Prime Minister Ali sabry seen here with President Gamal Abdel Nasser and Anwar Sadat on the occasion of the February 1969 wedding of Sabry's eldest son Fouad.
Amin Chamsi Pasha's Marei great-granddaughters: Samiha, Soad and Samira
the Marei clan
great-grandson Professor Mohammed Abdelwahab
Nevine Moh. Abdelwahab with grandsons Omar and Adam Ramadan (circa 2006)
great-grandsons Sharif Wahid Raafat and Amr Hussein Sabry
great-granddaughter Hoda Ismail Sabry with son Ahmed (above) at a
summer 2007 engagement party (below)
great-granddaughter Amina Omar Sabry with daughter Nada and son-in-law Omar Fateen
great-grandson Fouad Ali Sabry with his son Ali
great-great-grandaughters Salma Khaled Sabry and Nadine Hatem Omar Sabry
Khaled Hussein-Zulfikar Sabry surrounded by sons Hashem and Taymour, daughter Salma and wife Coca at Asiatique, summer 2006
Hashem Khaled Sabry and Hussein Amr Sabry, New York 2007
Amin Chamsi's great-great-granddaughter Mona M. Fayek
Amin Chamsi's great-great grandson Mohammed Afifi with his wife Nanou (2006)
Amin Chamsi's great-great-grandson Mahmoud Afifi and daughter Amina at her June 2007 wedding
two of Amin Chamsi Pasha's descendants graduate at AUC June 2005
For House of Chamsi article here
For Chamsi family tree click here
For Chamsi family pictures click here
For Chamsi features in Abdel Rahman al-Jabarti's chronicles click here
For Ali Chamsi booklet of 1918 click here
For Chamsi family property click here
For list of deputies to the 1881 Chamber of Delegates here
For list of deputies to the 1911 and 1913 Chamber of Delegates here
For Chamsi-Tufkedjian-Ashraaf connection click here