Mohamed Taher Pacha and the
Princess Fawzia, assisting the Water Polo game of
Egypt and Spain at the 1951, Mediterranean Games in Alexandria.
Mohamed Taher Pacha, cousin of
King Farouk I of Egypt and
President of the Olympic Committee of Egypt, is considered as the
founder of the
Mediterranean Games. Princess Fawzia of Iran and Egypt was sister of
King Farouk I of Egypt and wife of
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi of Iran.Source: magazine “Natacion” of C.N.Barcelona November 1951