Yeghen family

The Yeghen family descends from the Miralay Mustafa Bey, who married Zubayda Khanum, a sister of Muhammad Ali Pasha.

[4] Naila Hanim, another member of Yeghen family, married Sherif Sabri Pasha, brother of Queen Nazli.

Mediha Mumtaz, a member of the Yeghen family, married Prince Sultanzada Abbas Hilmi of Egypt and Turkey.

[7] During the Muhammad Ali Dynasty, the Yeghen family played significant political and economic roles in modern Egypt.

[8] Another member was Ahmed Medhat Yeghen Pasha, who served as Minister of Agriculture[9] and was the co-founder of the Banque Misr.