nationalization in 1956. Death Ali Shamsi died in February 1962. Political relations To be noted three of Ali Shamsi's nephews spent time in jail for their political beliefs. Hussein-Zulfiqar Sabry, a disillusioned welterweight prizefighter and brash World War II military-plane hijacker, strived for Sudan's independence prior to becoming the nation's de facto foreign policy chief. Wing Commander Ali Sabri poised at the epicenter of power, first as prime minister and later as party boss only to be outfoxed by his nemesis Anwar al-Sadat. Wahid Raafat, a civil rights advocate calling for a constitutional democracy and the return of the military to their barracks. Later, he would confound the neo-Wafd and play a crucial role in the landmark Taba arbitration. See also Tufenkjians References Privileged for Three Centuries: The House of Chamsi Pasha, Elias Press Cairo, 2011 Family, Power and Politics in Egypt, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1982 Merveilles Biographiques et Historiques ou Chroniques, al-Djabarti, Abdel Rahman, Imprimerie Nationale, Le Caire, 1889 Egypt for the Egyptians, Ithaca Press, London, 1981 Ali Shamsi and league of nations Ali Sabri Egyptian prime minister Hassanein Heikal on Ali Shamsy Pasha 1885 births 1962 deaths Egyptian pashas 20th-century Egyptian businesspeople