Isma'il Pasha of EgyptIsma'il Pasha (Arabic: إسماعيل باشاIsmā‘īlBāshā; 25 November 1830 or 31 December 1830 – 2 March 1895), also known as Ismail the Magnificent, was the Khedive of Egypt and ruler of Sudan from 1863 to 1879, when he was removed at the behest of Great Britain and France.
Muhammad Ali dynastyThe Muhammad Ali dynasty or the Alawiyya dynasty was an ArabizedEgyptian dynasty of Albanian origin that ruled Egypt and Sudan from the 19th to the mid-20th century. It is named after its progenitor, Muhammad Ali, regarded as the founder of modern Egypt. IntroductionMuhammad Ali was an Albanian commander in the Ottoman Albanian army that was sent to drive Napoleon's forces out of Egypt.
CairoCapital and largest city of EgyptCapital city in EgyptCairo is the capital and largest city of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate. It is home to more than 9.8 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world, and the Middle East. The Greater Cairo metropolitan area is one of the largest in the world by population with over 22 million people.
Khedivate of Egypt^a. English became the sole official language in 1898. ^b. Area and density include inhabited areas only. The total area of Egypt, including deserts, is 994,000 km, however, the size of the Khedivate of Egypt consisted many other territories, and was approximately 5,000,000 km.The Khedivate of Egypt was an autonomous tributary state of the Ottoman Empire established and ruled by members of the dynasty of Muhammad Ali.
Emina IlhamyEmina Ilhamy (Arabic: امینه الهامی; Turkish: Emine İlhami; 24 May 1858 – 19 June 1931) also Amina Ilhami, was an Egyptian princess and a member of the Muhammad Ali Dynasty. She was the first Khediva of Egypt from 1879 to 1892, as the wife of Khedive Tewfik Pasha. After the death of Khedive Tewfik, she was the Walida Pasha to their son Khedive Abbas Hilmi II from 1892 to 1914.
Urabi revoltBelligerentsKhedivate of Egypt (Khedivalist forces)United KingdomIndiaʻUrabilist forcesCommanders and leadersTewfik PashaGarnet WolseleyBeauchamp SeymourAhmed ʻUrabiMahmoud FehmyMahmoud el-BaroudiStrength 36,000 (1879) 40,560 (1882)11,300 regulars50,000 reservists and irregular troopsThe ʻUrabi revolt, also known as the ʻUrabi Revolution (Arabic: الثورة العرابية), was a nationalist uprising in the Khedivate of Egypt from 1879 to 1882.
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Ottoman EmpireThe Ottoman Empire, also known historically as Turkey or the Turkish Empire, was a state that spanned much of Southeastern Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th century to the early 20th century, centred in modern-day Turkey. It also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe between the early 16th and early 18th centuries.
Austria-HungaryAustria-Hungary, also referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire and officially as the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, was a multi-national empire in Central Europe under a constitutional dual monarchy that existed between 1867 and 1918. A military and diplomatic real union, it consisted of two largely self governing states with a single monarch who was titled both the Emperor of Austria and the Apostolic King of Hungary.
KhediveKhedive ( kə-DEEV; Ottoman Turkish: خدیو, romanized: hidiv; Egyptian Arabic: خديوي, romanized: Khedewy; borrowed from Persian: خدیو, romanized: xædīv) was an honorific title of Classical Persian origin used for the sultans and grand viziers of the Ottoman Empire, and the Khedivate of Egypt from 1805 to 1914. It is attested in Persian poetry from the 10th century and was used as an Ottoman honorific from the 16th.
Turco-Egyptian SudanSince 1955 By regionDarfurKhartoum By topicCoupsCinemaEconomicDemographyLanguagesLiteratureMediaMusicDecorationsPhotographyReligionSlaverySportTelevisionWomenTimelineTurco-Egyptian Sudan (Arabic: السودان التركي المصري), also known as Turkish Sudan or Turkiyya (Arabic: التركية, romanized: at-Turkiyyah), describes the rule of the Eyalet and later Khedivate of Egypt over what is now Sudan and South Sudan.French Third RepublicGovernment of France from 1870 to 1940
HaremA harem or harim (Arabic: حَرِيمٌ, romanized: ḥarīm, lit. 'a sacred inviolable place; female members of the family') is a domestic space that is reserved for the women of the house, especially in a Muslim family. A harem may house a man's wife or wives, their pre-pubescent male sons, unmarried daughters, female domestic servants, and other unmarried female relatives. In the past, during the era of slavery in the Muslim world, harems also housed enslaved concubines.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.