Abbas Hilmi I عباس الأول | |
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Khedive | |
Pasha of Egypt and Sudan | |
Reign | 10 November 1848 – 13 July 1854[1][2] |
Predecessor | Ibrahim |
Successor | Sa'id |
Born | 1 July 1812 Jeddah, Emirate of Diriyah |
Died | 13 July 1854 Banha, Egypt Eyalet, Ottoman Empire | (aged 42)
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Arabic | عباس حلمي الأول |
House | Alawiyya |
Father | Tusun Pasha |
Mother | Bamba Qadin |
Religion | Sunni Islam |
Abbas Helmy I of Egypt (also known as Abbas Pasha, Arabic: عباس الأول, Turkish: I. Abbas Hilmi Paşa 1 July 1812 – 13 July 1854)[3] was the Wāli of Egypt and Sudan. He was a son of Tusun Pasha, the younger son of Muhammad Ali Pasha whom he succeeded as ruler of Egypt and Sudan. The Chambers Biographical Dictionary says of him: "[b]igoted and sensual, he did much to undo the progress made under Muhammad Ali."[4]