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Ismail Pasha.

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:900.00 USD Estimated At:900.00 - 1,200.00 USD
Ismail Pasha.
&#40;1830-1895&#41; Ottoman viceroy and khedive of Egypt &#40;1863-79&#41;. He modernized Cairo and parts of Alexandria and encouraged the Suez Canal project; overextended financially, he was forced to sell Egypt&#39;s shares in the Canal to the British; he was dismissed by the Ottoman sultan in 1979, in favor of his son. Rare Photograph Signed &#34;<I>Ismail</I>&#34; on the mount, 14x11½&#34; &#40;photo is 9¾x7¾&#34;&#41;. Very good; light age wear and foxing. Photo by Ferretti of Naples, Italy. A note written in Italian on the verso in 1894 states that this photo was given by Ismail to Vittorio Emanuele II, who gave it to the note-writer&#39;s father.