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

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 • Jan. 22, 2023

In 1875, unable to pay his debts, Ismail Pasha sold Egypt’s shares in the Suez Canal to Britain.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

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

From Seattle Times • Jul. 5, 2022

Years ago, Khedive Ismail Pasha, swollen over the success of the new Suez Canal, had commissioned Verdi to write it for the opening of that same opera house.

From Time Magazine Archive

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 "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman