ISMAIL PASHA
(Isma'il Pasha)
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He had modernized much of Egypt and now thought a partnership with Europe had materialized. Ever since, the role of Egypt vis a vis Europe and Africa, the Christian world and the Muslim one, has varied.
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Isma'il Pasha (Arabic: إسماعيل باشا Ismā‘īl Bāshā; Turkish: İsmail Paşa), known as Ismail the Magnificent, was the Khedive of Egypt and conqueror of Sudan from 1863 to 1879, when he was removed at the behest of Great Britain. Sharing the ambitious outlook of his grandfather, Muhammad Ali Pasha, he greatly modernized Egypt and Sudan during his reign, investing heavily in industrial and economic development, urbanization, and the expansion of the country's boundaries in Africa.
