Ismail Pasha

[ is-mah-eel pah-shah ]

noun
  1. 1830–95, viceroy and khedive of Egypt 1863–79.

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Ismail Pasha

/ (ˌɪzmɑːˈiːl ˈpɑːʃə) /


noun
  1. 1830–95, viceroy (1863–66) and khedive (1867–79) of Egypt, who brought his country close to bankruptcy. He was forced to submit to Anglo-French financial control (1876) and to abdicate (1879)

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