He suggests she had affairs or at least an ongoing relationship with the royal chamberlain Ahmed Pasha Hassanein but this might be exaggerated.
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Asmahan's father is supposed to have served as governor of the district of Demirci in Turkey, during the last days of the Ottoman Empire.
He composed songs for top Arab singers, foremost his own sister, Asmahan, as well as Wadih El-Safi, Shadia, Warda, and Sabah.