Ismail Pasha

American  

[is-mah-eel pah-shah] / ɪsˈmɑ il ˈpɑ ʃɑ /

noun

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

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Ismail Pasha British  

/ 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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Example Sentences

Father told me he has been expecting this to happen ever since June, when Ismail Pasha, the khedive of Egypt, abdicated the throne and his son Mehmet Tewfik Pasha became the new khedive.

From Literature

Giza Zoo was first opened in 1891 by then ruler of Egypt, Ismail Pasha, who once said he strove to make his country part of Europe, as well as Africa.

From BBC

At the time, Egypt’s ruler Ismail Pasha strived to imitate everything architecturally that he had seen in France.

From Seattle Times

In the mid-19th century, the Ottoman viceroy, Khedive Ismail Pasha, built a network of elegant boulevards, imitating Paris, that converged on a space that was named, at first, after himself: Ismailia Square.

From New York Times

He says they include five mummies, one of which was offered in its original coffin to Dom Pedro II by Egyptian Viceroy Ismail Pasha during a visit to the Middle East.

From Seattle Times