Ismail Pasha

[is-mah-eel pah-shah]

noun

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

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)