Ismail Pasha
[ is-mah-eel pah-shah ]
/ ɪsˈmɑ il ˈpɑ ʃɑ /
noun
1830–95,
viceroy and khedive of Egypt 1863–79.
British Dictionary definitions for ismail pasha
Ismail Pasha
/ (ˌɪzmɑːˈiːl ˈpɑːʃə) /
noun
1830–95, viceroy (1863–66) and khedive (1867–79) of Egypt, who brought his country close to bankruptcy. He was forced to submit to Anglo-French financial control (1876) and to abdicate (1879)