POLITICIAN

Isma'il Pasha

1830 - 1895

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Isma'il Pasha (Arabic: إسماعيل باشا Ismā‘īl Bāshā; 12 January 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. Sharing the ambitious outlook of his grandfather, Muhammad Ali Pasha, he greatly modernized Egypt and Sudan during his reign, investing heavily in industrial and economic development, urbanization, and the expansion of the country's boundaries in Africa. His philosophy can be glimpsed in a statement that he made in 1879: "My country is no longer only in Africa; we are now part of Europe, too. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Isma'il Pasha has received more than 806,650 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Isma'il Pasha is the 1,523rd most popular politician (up from 1,862nd in 2019), the 90th most popular biography from Egypt (up from 104th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Egyptian Politician.

Isma'il Pasha was most famous for being the viceroy of Egypt and Sudan from 1863 to 1879. He was also the father of Khedive Tewfik Pasha, who succeeded him as ruler of Egypt and Sudan.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Isma'il Pasha ranks 1,523 out of 19,576Before him are José Eduardo dos Santos, Ferenc Szálasi, Miguel Primo de Rivera, Yu the Great, Lajos Kossuth, and Mago Barca. After him are Lothair of France, John III Doukas Vatatzes, Jingtai Emperor, Yuan Shao, Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen, and Hiero II of Syracuse.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1830, Isma'il Pasha ranks 11Before him are Abdülaziz, Frédéric Mistral, Paul Heyse, Emily Dickinson, Hector Malot, and Porfirio Díaz. After him are Julius Lothar Meyer, Eadweard Muybridge, Hans von Bülow, Louise Michel, Étienne-Jules Marey, and Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg. Among people deceased in 1895, Isma'il Pasha ranks 8Before him are Friedrich Engels, Alexandre Dumas fils, Berthe Morisot, Thomas Henry Huxley, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, and Empress Myeongseong. After him are Julius Lothar Meyer, José Martí, Adam Opel, Friedrich Miescher, Franz von Suppé, and Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Isma'il Pasha ranks 90 out of 642Before him are Teti (-2350), Psamtik I (-700), Eric Hobsbawm (1917), Yusuf al-Qaradawi (1926), Maria al-Qibtiyya (600), and Paul of Thebes (227). After him are Saint Sarah (100), Athenaeus (200), Saint Menas (285), Userkaf (-2600), Adly Mansour (1945), and Cleopatra III of Egypt (-161).

Among POLITICIANS In Egypt

Among politicians born in Egypt, Isma'il Pasha ranks 36Before him are Fuad I of Egypt (1868), Amenhotep II (-1401), Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah (985), Al-Kamil (1177), Teti (-2350), and Psamtik I (-700). After him are Userkaf (-2600), Cleopatra III of Egypt (-161), Mohamed Hussein Tantawi (1935), Kamose (-1600), Shepseskaf (-2600), and Seti II (-1300).