Mohamed Sherif Pasha
Mohamed Sherif | |
|---|---|
محمد شريف | |
Isma'il Raghib Pasha | |
| Succeeded by | Nubar Pasha |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 1826 Kavala, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 20 April 1887 (aged 61) Graz, Austria-Hungary |
| Parent(s) | Muhammad Said, Kadi of Mecca |
Mohamed Sherif Pasha
three times during his career. His first term was between April 7, 1879 and August 18, 1879. His second term was served from September 14, 1881 to February 4, 1882. His final term was served between August 21, 1882 and January 7, 1884.Biography
Sherif, who was from
Suleiman Pasha under Mehmet Ali.[2] They were the maternal grandparents of Queen consort Nazli of Egypt and Regent Sherif Sabri Pasha.[3]
As minister of foreign affairs he was useful to Ismail, who used Sherif's bluff bonhomie to veil many of his most insidious proposals. Of singularly lazy disposition, he yet possessed considerable tact; he was in fact an Egyptian Lord Melbourne, whose policy was to leave everything alone.[2]
Sherif's favorite argument against any reform was to appeal to the
Pyramids as an immutable proof of the solidity of Egypt financially and politically. His fatal optimism rendered him largely responsible for the collapse of Egyptian credit which brought about the fall of Ismail.[2]
Upon the military insurrection of September 1881 under
Urabi Pasha, Sherif was summoned by the khedive Tawfiq to form a new ministry. The impossibility of reconciling the financial requirements of the national party with the demands of the British and French controllers of the public debt, compelled him to resign in the following February.[2]
After the suppression of the
El Obeid.[2]
Sherif died in Graz, Austria-Hungary, on April 20, 1887.
References
- ^ ISBN 1-55587-229-8.
- ^ a b c d e One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Sherif Pasha". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 850.
- ISBN 9781845112400..
Sulaiman Pasha made an eccentric figure ... Born in Lyon in 1788, he lived to the age of seventy-two with his favourite Greek mistress, dying in Cairo on 12 March 1860. His daughter, Nazli Hanem, married Muhammad Sherif Pasha, who was to become an important prime minister under Ismail. Their granddaughter, the beautiful, domineering Nazli Sabri, was to marry King Fouad and give birth to the last of the dynasty, King Farouk
