Name of Object:

Ismail, Khedive of Egypt (1830–1895)

Location:

Vienna, Austria

Holding Institution:

Austrian National Library

 About Austrian National Library, Vienna

Date of Object:

c. 1868

Inventory Number:

PORT_00034429_01

Description:

Portrait of Ismail, Khedive of Egypt (1830–1895), who financed the construction of the Suez Canal. Because of the enormous costs of the building and his reform measures, Egypt's debt rose from three million pounds sterling to 100 million pounds sterling. In 1875 Egypt was bankrupt and Ismail Pasha was forced to sell 176,602 shares to Great Britain for 3,976,582 pounds sterling. Egypt came under financial control of France and Great Britain.

Type of Object

Photograph

Archival or Bibliographical Reference:

PORT_00034429_01

Citation of this web page:

"Ismail, Khedive of Egypt (1830–1895)" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2026.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;at;101;en

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