Tewfik Pasha

Mohamed Tewfik Pasha (Arabic: محمد توفيق باشا Muḥammad Tawfīq Bāshā; April 30 or 15 November 1852 – 7 January 1892), also known as Tawfiq of Egypt, was khedive of Egypt and the Sudan between 1879 and 1892 and the sixth ruler from the Muhammad Ali Dynasty. He inherited a state suffering under the financial and political mismanagement of his predecessor Isma'il. Disaffection in the Egyptian army as well as Anglo-French control of the state in the 1880s culminated in the anti-foreign Urabi revolt. Tewfik also took interest in matters concerning irrigation, education and justice; as well as selling his father's female slaves and closing the court's harem quarters.

Mohamad Tewfik
Pasha
Tewfik Pasha, c.1882
Khedive of Egypt and Sudan
Reign26 June 1879 – 7 January 1892
PredecessorIsma'il I
SuccessorAbbas Helmy II
Born15 November 1852 (1852-11-15)
Cairo, Egypt Eyalet, Ottoman Empire
Died7 January 1892(1892-01-07) (aged 39)
Helwan, Khedivate of Egypt, Ottoman Empire
Burial
SpouseEmina Ilhamy
IssueAbbas Helmy II of Egypt
Mohammed Ali Tewfik
Princess Nazli Hanim
Princess Fakhr un-nisa Khadija Hanim
Princess Nimatullah Hanim
HouseAlawiyya
FatherIsma'il I
MotherShafaq Nur Hanim
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