the SULTAN OF EGYPT'S FUNERAL [Main]


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  • Year: 1917
  • Runtime: 6 mins
  • Description: The chief mourner is the Sultan's brother and successor, Ahmed Fuad I. The road to the palace has many spectators, and British soldiers lining the route as an honour guard. Lancers of the Sultan's bodyguard lead the parade, followed by Sultan Fuad in a landau, the Lancers of the Guard, and other carriages. The next scene is the funeral procession on foot to the Rifai Mosque, with many Egyptian mourners in black, the coffin being carried by Egyptian Marines, and British naval and military representatives (including one Australian officer) as official mourners. The coffin comes to the front of the mosque and is taken up the steps and inside. Finally, the new Sultan leaves the mosque, enters a car and drives away.
    The funeral of Hussein Kemal, first Sultan of Egypt, in Cairo, 10 October 1917.
  • Keywords: EFG1914 / World War I / Fuad I, King of Egypt / Hussein Kemal, Sultan of Egypt / Egyptian Army / Egyptian Navy & Marines / ceremonies, Egyptian - state: funeral (Hussein Kemal) / buildings, Egyptian - religious: mosque / 31/3(621) / Egypt & Cairo
  • Provider: Imperial War Museums
  • Rights: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
  • Production company: Topical Film Company
  • Colour: Black & White
  • Sound: Without sound