Ismail Pasha

[ is-mah-eel pah-shah ]

noun

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

Ismail Pasha

/ ˌɪzmɑːˈiːl ˈpɑːʃə /

noun

1. Ismail Pasha18301895MEgyptianPOLITICS: hereditary ruler 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)

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

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

The Khedive of Egypt, Ismail Pasha, inaugurated the original canal in 1869 in a ceremony celebrating the modernization of Egypt.

From US News