Background
Several otherwise reliable sources mistakenly assert that Kamal el Dine Hussein held the position of heir during his father"s three-year reign.
Several otherwise reliable sources mistakenly assert that Kamal el Dine Hussein held the position of heir during his father"s three-year reign.
In reality, Hussein Kamel had agreed with the British government upon his ascension to the throne to postpone the establishment of new rules of succession for the sultanate, meaning that the position of heir to the throne remained vacant. The succession issue was discussed between Hussein Kamel and British High Commissioner Henry McMahon in May 1915 in the wake of the failed assassination attempt against the sultan. Foreign his part, Kamal el Dine wrote a letter to his father in which he expressly and voluntarily renounced the succession.
This was the only time in Egyptian history that an eligible heir gave up his rights to the throne of his own free will.
On 21 September 1917, three weeks before Hussein Kamel"s death, the British chose Ahmed Fouad as his successor. However, they first requested that Kamal el Dine make a formal renunciation of the throne, in order for the United Kingdom not to appear in the eyes of the Egyptian public as having deprived him of his legitimate rights.
Others give more mundane reasons, pointing out that the prince asked to be relieved of responsibility in order to be able to pursue an exciting life of discovery and traveling Kamal el Dine Hussein was indeed an avid explorer, traveler and collector of oriental antiquities and works of art
In 1925 and 1926 he led expeditions to the Gilf Kebir, which he named.
Do you know what he did? A dedicated rock monument was erected at the Southwest corner of the Egyptian Western desert to commoretae Prince Kamal el Dine explorations. At the time, the Egyptian Western desert was commonly referred to as the Libyan sahara. Wikimapia - Prince Kamal Monument Prince Kamal el Dine Hussein married in Cairo on 5 May 1904 Princess Nimet Allah (1881–1965), youngest daughter of Khedive Tewfik Pasha.