Ibrahim Pasha is succeeded by Abbas Hilmi…

1840 CE to 1851 CE

Ibrahim Pasha is succeeded by Abbas Hilmi I, a genuine traditionalist with no interest in continuing the development plans of his grandfather, Muhammad Ali.

Abbas dislikes Europeans, but he allows a railroad line to be built between Alexandria and Cairo that facilitates British imperial communications with India.

Regular steamship services already link Britain to India via Alexandria, Suez, and Bombay.

This partially overland route to India takes thirty-one days, compared to three months for the journey around the Cape of Good Hope.

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Cairo > Al-Qahirah Al-Qahirah Egypt View →

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Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt View → Muhammad Ali of Egypt View →

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Egyptians View → Arab people View → Ottoman Empire View → Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) View → Egypt, (Ottoman) Viceroyalty of View →

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