Ibrahim Pasha
Americannoun
noun
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About twenty years ago Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt erected a steam engine of 100 horse power to take the place of 500 wheels which supplied from the Nile to market gardens in the neighborhood of Boulac.
From Scientific American
Mehemet Ali, viceroy of Egypt, was entrusted by the sultan with the task of establishing order, and after several arduous campaigns the Wahhabis were routed 218 and their capital Deraiya in Nejd taken by Ibrahim Pasha in 1817.
From Project Gutenberg
Ismail Pasha, the present Khedive, is the son of Ibrahim Pasha, and grandson of Mehemet Ali.
From Project Gutenberg
Mehemet Ali died in 1850, and was succeeded by his son Ibrahim Pasha, who inherited much of his father's vigor.
From Project Gutenberg
Invading armies from the south have often been opposed near Homs, from the time of Rameses II., who had to fight the battle of Kadesh, to that of Ibrahim Pasha, who broke the first line of Ottoman defence in 1831 by his victory there.
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