Isma'il Pasha (Ismail Paşa in Turkish), known as Ismail the Magnificent () (December 31, 1830 – March 2, 1895), was a Wāli and subsequently Khedive of Egypt and Sudan from 1863 until he was removed at the behest of the British in 1879. While in power he greatly modernized Egypt and Sudan, but also put the country heavily in debt.
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