The Bibliotheca Alexandrina's caption erronesouly states that this is a commemorative photograph of the wedding of King Farouk I and Queen Farida of Egypt. In fact, it is a commemorative photograph of the wedding of Farouk's sister <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fawzia_Shirin" class="extiw" title="w:Fawzia Shirin">Princess Fawzia</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Reza_Pahlavi" class="extiw" title="w:Mohammad Reza Pahlavi">Mohammad Reza Pahlavi</a>, the then crown prince (later shah) of Iran. The persons sitting in the front row who can be identified with certainty are (from left to right):
<ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melek_Tourhan" class="extiw" title="w:Melek Tourhan">Sultana Melek</a> (1869–1956), widow of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hussein_Kamel_of_Egypt" class="extiw" title="w:Hussein Kamel of Egypt">Hussein Kamel</a>, the bride's paternal uncle;</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farida_of_Egypt" class="extiw" title="w:Farida of Egypt">Queen Farida</a> (1921–1988), wife of King Farouk I;</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farouk_of_Egypt" class="extiw" title="w:Farouk of Egypt">King Farouk I</a> (1920–1965), the bride's brother, wearing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_tie" class="extiw" title="w:Black tie">black tie</a> and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fez_(hat)" class="extiw" title="w:Fez (hat)">tarboosh</a>;</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazli_Sabri" class="extiw" title="w:Nazli Sabri">Queen Nazli</a> (1894–1978), the bride's mother;</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fawzia_Shirin" class="extiw" title="w:Fawzia Shirin">Princess Fawzia</a> (1921-2013), the bride, wearing a wedding dress;</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Reza_Pahlavi" class="extiw" title="w:Mohammad Reza Pahlavi">Crown Prince Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran</a> (1919–1980), the groom, in military uniform with a chain over his chest.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shams_Pahlavi" class="extiw" title="w:Shams Pahlavi">Princess Shams</a> (1917–1996), the groom's sister.</li></ul>
In the upper side of the photograph can be seen the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Egypt" class="extiw" title="w:Coat of arms of Egypt">coat of arms</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Egypt" class="extiw" title="w:Kingdom of Egypt">Kingdom of Egypt</a> (left) and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Iran" class="extiw" title="w:Coat of arms of Iran">coat of arms</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pahlavi_dynasty" class="extiw" title="w:Pahlavi dynasty">Pahlavi Iran</a> (right). The wedding is considered an important event in the history of Egyptian–Iranian relations,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup> as well as a milestone in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shi%27a%E2%80%93Sunni_relations" class="extiw" title="w:Shi'a–Sunni relations">Shi'a–Sunni relations</a>: King Farouk I was the ruler of the Muslim world's most powerful Sunni country, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was crown prince of the world's largest Shi'a country, and the wedding ceremony was performed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustafa_al-Maraghi" class="extiw" title="w:Mustafa al-Maraghi">Mustafa al-Maraghi</a>, rector of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Azhar_University" class="extiw" title="w:Al-Azhar University">Al-Azhar</a>, the world's foremost Sunni religious institution.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup>
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Riad_Shehata" class="extiw" title="w:en:Riad Shehata"><span title="Egyptian photographer">Riad Shehata</span></a>
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