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| | THE HOUSE OF CHAMSI, December 17, 1994 |
 | | Along with Ahmed Abaza, chief of the large Abaza clan, Amin Chamsi was regarded the leading industrialist of the region. |
 | | In his book Family, Power and Politics in Egypt (City University of Pennsylvania Press, 1982), Robert Springborg explains how marrying into the Chamsi family was tantamount to social improvement and upward mobility for any local squire or omda seeking to upgrade their status. |
 | | Hers, was the only divorce in the Chamsi family, brought on when her husband, Mohammed Sirry Bey, walked out of the house leaving behind an infant son and daughter. |
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