Ismail Pasha Quotes
… a grand effervescence
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Ismail Pasha, 1830-1895, Ottoman Khedive [Viceroy] of Egypt, Colorful description of a mutiny lead by the officers of the army in his report to the Sultan
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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.