| 1 | Ahmad | Abd Al-Jawad | Amina's wealthy husband. |
| 2 | Amina | Al-Jawad | Protagonist. |
| | Al-Hamuli | | A renowned vocalist. |
| | Muhammad | Uthman | A renowned vocalist. |
| | Al-Manilawi | | A renowned vocalist. |
| | Kamal | Al-din Husayn | The Prince who refused to ascend the throne of his father. |
| | Ahmad | Faud | The new sultan. |
| 3 | Umm | Hanafi | Amina's servant. |
| | Fahmy | Al-Jawad | Ahmad and Amina's son. |
| | Yahsin | Al-Jawad | Ahmad's son. Amina's step-son. |
| | Kamal | Al-Jawad | Ahmad and Amina's son. |
| | Khadija | Al-Jawad | Ahmad and Amina's daughter. |
| | Aisha | Al-Jawad | Ahmad and Amina's daughter. |
| | Abbas II | | The khedive of Egypt and Sudan. |
| 4 | Muhammad | Ajami | The expensive narcotics vendor. |
| 5 | Mr. | Shawkat | The oldest friend of Ahmad and Amina. |
| | Mrs. | Shawkat | Mr. Shawkat's widow. |
| | Umm | Maryan | Amina's next-door neighbor. |
| 7 | Jamil | Al-Hamzawi | Ahmad's assistant. |
| | Al-Hajj | Abd Al-Jawad | Ahmad's father. |
| | Mutawalli | Abd Al-Samad | The shaykh. |
| 10 | Al-Sayyid Muhammad | Ridwan | Amina's neighbor. |
| 12 | Uncle | Hasanayn | The barber. |
| | Hajj | Darwish | The bean vendor. |
| | Al-Fuli | | The milkman. |
| | Al-Bayumi | | The drinks vendor. |
| | Al-Sayyid | Ali | The flour merchant. |
| | Zubayda | | The performer. Ahmad's mistress. |
| | Jalila | | Ahmad's former lover. A famous performer. |
| | Zanuba | | Zubayda's foster daughter. The girl Yahsin likes. |
| | Mr. | Costaki | The grocery store owner. |
| 14 | Umm | Ali | The matchmaker. |
| | Madam | Nafusa | The owner of 7 stores. |
| | Jaljal | | Zubayda's maid. |
| | Khalil | Al-Banan | Zubayda's lover. |
| 16 | Abduh | | The blind performer. |
| | Muhammad | Uthman | The composer. |
| | Ya'qub | Zaynhum | A bakery owner. |
| | Haniya | | Yahsin's mother. |
| 18 | Hasan | Ibrahim | A police officer who likes Aisha. |
| 19 | Maryam | | Ridwan's daughter. The girl Fahmy likes. |
| 24 | Hasan | Effendi | Ibrahim's father. |
| 33 | Sadiqa | | The maid of Amina's mother. |
| | Urabi | Pasha | The 19th century Egyptian patriot. |
| 40 | Sabir | | The male vocalist. |
| | Muhammad | Iffat | One of Ahmad's friends. |
| | Al-Far | | One of Ahmad's friends. |
| | Hassuna | Al-Baghl | A drug dealer. |
| | Fino | | Jalila's tambourine player. |
| | Ibrahim | Shawkat | Khalil's older brother. |
| | Muhammad | Farid | The Egyptian nationalist leader. |
| | Mustafa | Kamil | Farid's predecessor and mentor. |
| 44 | Zaynab | | Yasin's wife. |
| 46 | Fuad | | Jamil's son. |
| 48 | Sa'd | Zaghlul | Vice President of the legislative assembly. |
| 52 | Husayn Rushdi | Pasha | The Prime Minister of Egypt. |
| | Adli Yeken | PAsha | Husayn's colleague. |
| 53 | Ibrahim | Al-far | The copper merchant. |
| | Hamad Basil | Pasha | The chieftain of a ferocious tribe. |
| 54 | Mr. | Amos | The assistant British judicial counsel. |
| 55 | Ahmad | Abduh | The coffee shop owner. |
| | Uncle | Hamdan | One of the shop owners. |
| 57 | Nur | | Zaynab's maid. Yahsin's mistress. |
| 61 | Muhammad | Abduh | The Egyptian theologian. |
| | Mr. | Shaykh | The seminarian. |
| 64 | Julian | | One of Kamal's friends. |
| 66 | Shaddad bey | Abd Al Hamid | The cotton merchant. |
