Ismail Pasha

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Ismail Pasha was the Khedive of Egypt and Sudan in the late 19th century, known for his ambitious modernization efforts and heavy foreign debts that led to increased European control over Egypt.

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Ismaʿil Pasha 2
Khedive Ismail Pasha 2
Isma'il Pasha 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century politician
Khedive of Egypt
Ottoman governor
human
causeOfDownfall European financial control commissions
unsustainable foreign borrowing
countryOfCitizenship Egypt
dynasty Muhammad Ali dynasty
endTime 1879 as Khedive of Egypt and Sudan
father Ibrahim Pasha
surface form: Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt
fieldOfWork fiscal policy
infrastructure development
state modernization
fullName Ismail Pasha self-link
givenName Ismail
grandfather Muhammad Ali of Egypt
impact laid groundwork for British occupation of Egypt in 1882
strengthened British and French influence in Egypt
influencedBy Muhammad Ali’s reforms
knownFor accumulation of heavy foreign debt
increasing European control over Egypt
large-scale infrastructure projects
modernization of Egypt
support for the Suez Canal project
monarchOf Egypt
Sudan
nobleTitle Khedive
notableProject expansion of irrigation and agriculture in Egypt
railway and telegraph expansion in Egypt
urban development of Cairo
policy centralization of administration
expansion of education
military modernization
territorial expansion in Africa
positionHeld Khedivate of Egypt
surface form: Khedive of Egypt and Sudan
predecessor Saʿid Pasha
reignBegan 1863
reignEnded 1879
religion Islam
removedBy Ottoman sultan under European pressure
significantEvent establishment of Mixed Courts in Egypt
introduction of European-style legal and administrative reforms
sale of Egyptian shares in the Suez Canal to Britain
sphereOfActivity Egyptian politics
Ottoman imperial politics
startTime 1863 as Khedive of Egypt and Sudan
successor Tewfik Pasha

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Fuad I of Egypt father Ismail Pasha
this entity surface form: Isma'il Pasha
Ismailia foundedBy Ismail Pasha
this entity surface form: Khedive Ismail Pasha
Ismail Pasha fullName Ismail Pasha self-link
this entity surface form: Khedive Ismail Pasha
Ismailia namedAfter Ismail Pasha
Suez Canal openedBy Ismail Pasha
Suez Canal Company openedBy Ismail Pasha
this entity surface form: Ismaʿil Pasha
this entity surface form: Ismaʿil Pasha