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Khedive Ismail

• He was born on January 12, 1830 in Cairo.
• Ibrahim Pasha was keen on raising him well. He studied the principles of sciences and languages like Arabic, Turkish, and Persian.
• His father sent him to Vienna for treatment, then he traveled to Paris to join the fifth Egyptian mission.
• Ismail returned to Egypt during his father’s (Ibrahim Pasha) reign. After Ibrahim Pasha passed away, he went to stay in Astana.
• The Ottoman Sultan appointed him member of the Ruling Council of the Ottoman Empire. He did not go back to Egypt until Abbas Pasha I was murdered.
• He was the deputy of Sa’id Pasha when the latter was in the Sudan, Syria, Hijaz and Astana.
• Sa’id Pasha appointed him the Egyptian Army Commander and also assigned him the suppression of the sedition of some Sudanese tribes in 1861. He successfully completed the mission.
• On January 18, 1863, he became the ruler of Egypt.
• He changed the advisory council to become the Council of Representatives and let the people choose their representatives.
• He changed the bureaus (divans) to become ministries. He established the first cabinet that shares him the responsibility of ruling the country. He also cancelled the consular courts and replaced them with the hybrid tribunals.
• During his era, the digging of the Suez Canal was done. He built luxurious palaces such as Abdeen Palace, Ras El-Tin Palace and Qubba Palace. He also established the Opera House and Qasr El-Nil Bridge.
• He devoted attention to agriculture. He extended the area of agricultural lands, dug the Ibrahimiya and Ismailia Canals. 
• He established many factories, 19 of which were sugar factories. He also built 15 beacons for stimulating trade.
• He devoted great attention to education. He increased the budget of the ministry of education and assigned Ali Mubarak to set a basic law for education. He also established Dar Al-Ulum for preparing graduates to become teachers and Egyptian National Library.
• In his era, several newspapers have emerged such as Al-Ahram and El-Watan and Rawdat Al-Madares Magazine. He also established Egyptian Geographic Society and Dar Al-Athar.
• He signed an agreement with Britain in 1877 to eliminate slave trade.
• Khedive Ismail's tendencies for Egypt's independence raised the worries of the English and French. The Ottoman Sultan issued a decree, under the English and French pressure, to oust Khedive Ismail on July 26, 1879.
• After Khedive Ismail's ouster, he traveled to Napoli. Later, he stayed in Astana.
• He passed away in March 1895.

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18 / 01 / 1863 - 26 / 07 / 1879

Khedive Ismail

• He was born on January 12, 1830 in Cairo.
• Ibrahim Pasha was keen on raising him well. He studied the principles of sciences and languages like Arabic, Turkish, and Persian.
• His father sent him to Vienna for treatment, then he traveled to Paris to join the fifth Egyptian mission.
• Ismail returned to Egypt during his father’s (Ibrahim Pasha) reign. After Ibrahim Pasha passed away, he went to stay in Astana.
• The Ottoman Sultan appointed him member of the Ruling Council of the Ottoman Empire. He did not go back to Egypt until Abbas Pasha I was murdered.
• He was the deputy of Sa’id Pasha when the latter was in the Sudan, Syria, Hijaz and Astana.
• Sa’id Pasha appointed him the Egyptian Army Commander and also assigned him the suppression of the sedition of some Sudanese tribes in 1861. He successfully completed the mission.
• On January 18, 1863, he became the ruler of Egypt.
• He changed the advisory council to become the Council of Representatives and let the people choose their representatives.
• He changed the bureaus (divans) to become ministries. He established the first cabinet that shares him the responsibility of ruling the country. He also cancelled the consular courts and replaced them with the hybrid tribunals.
• During his era, the digging of the Suez Canal was done. He built luxurious palaces such as Abdeen Palace, Ras El-Tin Palace and Qubba Palace. He also established the Opera House and Qasr El-Nil Bridge.
• He devoted attention to agriculture. He extended the area of agricultural lands, dug the Ibrahimiya and Ismailia Canals. 
• He established many factories, 19 of which were sugar factories. He also built 15 beacons for stimulating trade.
• He devoted great attention to education. He increased the budget of the ministry of education and assigned Ali Mubarak to set a basic law for education. He also established Dar Al-Ulum for preparing graduates to become teachers and Egyptian National Library.
• In his era, several newspapers have emerged such as Al-Ahram and El-Watan and Rawdat Al-Madares Magazine. He also established Egyptian Geographic Society and Dar Al-Athar.
• He signed an agreement with Britain in 1877 to eliminate slave trade.
• Khedive Ismail's tendencies for Egypt's independence raised the worries of the English and French. The Ottoman Sultan issued a decree, under the English and French pressure, to oust Khedive Ismail on July 26, 1879.
• After Khedive Ismail's ouster, he traveled to Napoli. Later, he stayed in Astana.
• He passed away in March 1895.