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unusual facts about Khedive of Egypt



Homeland for the Jewish people

The modern effort to establish a national homeland for the Jewish people began in 1839 with the petition by Sir Moses Montefiore to Sa'id, Khedive of Egypt, for a Jewish homeland in the region of Palestine.

Kreutz Sungrazers

The comet is sometimes referred to as Tewfik, after Tewfik Pasha, the Khedive of Egypt at the time.


see also

Abbas I

Abbas I of Egypt, Wāli and unrecognised Khedive of Egypt and Sudan (1813–1854)

Abbas II

Abbas II of Egypt (also known as Abbas Hilmi Pasha) (1874–1944), last Khedive of Egypt and Sudan 1892–1914

Abbas Pasha

Abbas II of Egypt (1874–1944), khedive of Egypt from January 8, 1892 to 1914