Noal, Princess of the Sa'id


Princess Noal Zaher Shah of Afghanistan is the wife of Muhammad Ali, Prince of the Sa'id, the heir apparent to the abolished thrones of Egypt and Sudan and daughter of Prince Muhammad Daoud Pashtunyar Khan, who is the fifth son of King Zahir Shah of Afghanistan.

Background

Princess Noal Zaher Shah was born in Rome, Italy, on 6 December 1980. She attended L’Institut Saint Dominique in Rome, Italy, where she majored in Euro-business, then undertook lapidary studies at Webster University in London. She founded and became directing designer for Noal & Co Ltd in 2001.
She is fluent in Italian, French and English.
Her father Prince Muhammad Daoud Pashtunyar Khan was educated at Esteqlal High School, and Military Academy, Kabul. He was commissioned in the Royal Afghan Air Force as 2nd-Lieutenant, later became a civil aviation pilot.
Her mother Princess Fatima Begum , was the First Secretary at the Afghan Embassy in Rome since 2005, and later served as Afghan Chargé d'affaires in Rome since 2007. She is a daughter of General Sardar Muhammad Aref Khan, a former Afghan Ambassador to the USSR by his wife, Amina Begum.
She has an older brother, Prince Doran Daoud Zaher Shah, and educated at American University of Sharjah, and a Consultant of GTZ Investments in Sharjah.

Marriage and family

Living in Istanbul, Princess Noal attended the wedding on 20 April 2012 of Prince Rudolf of Liechtenstein with Tılsım Tanberk, where she met Muhammad Ali, the elder son of Fuad II, the couple's betrothal was announced on 27 April 2013.
Their wedding was held on 30 August 2013 at Istanbul's former Çırağan Palace in the presence of King Fuad II, the bride's parents, media, a crowd of onlookers and guests, including the couple from the reigning European dynasty which introduced them.
On 12 January 2017 the couple had twins, a son and daughter:
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