Talaat Harb
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Talaat Harb

Egyptian entrepreneur

Mohamed Talaat Harb Pacha (Arabic: محمد طلعت حرب باشا; 25 November 1867 – 13 August 1941) was a leading Egyptian entrepreneur and founder of Banque Misr, and its group of companies, in May 1920.2

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Born Nov 25, 1867, died 1941.1

Companies

Career

Occupation: economist, writer, researcher, banker.7

Personal life

  • BornNov 25, 1867, Al-Jamāliyah8
  • Died1941, Cairo9
  • CitizenshipOttoman Empire, Sultanate of Egypt, Kingdom of Egypt10

Talaat Harb lost his wife at a relatively early age. He was survived by his four daughters: Fatma, Aisha, Khadiga and Hoda (Before her death she donated a piece of land and money to build an academic cardiac institute at Ain Shams Faculty of medicine).

He was commemorated in the writings and poems of the then poet laureate Ahmed Shawqi, Abbās al-Aqqād, Ihsan Abdel Quddous, Salah Gawdat and the Lebanese-American Kahlil Gibran.

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