FAROUK AND NARRIMAN WITH ANTONIO PULLI

King Farouk and Narriman attending a party with friends. Man on left wearing hat is Antonio Pulli, an Italian electrician at Ras El Tin palace in Alexandria under Farouk’s father, King Fuad I. He became one of Farouk’s closest confidantes and advisers and after the 23 July revolution was thrown into jail. Later when he was released he opened a pastry shop in Heliopolis.

Norbert Schiller Collection/unknown photographer

Picture scanned from an original 9 1/2cm X 14 1/2cm silver gelatin print.

Copyright: Unknown

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  1. Hafez Sami

    Nice picture. Love your website. One small correction: Antonio Pulli was Italian not Greek. Any idea where he spent his last years?

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