Abbas I of Egypt

Infobox Monarch
name =Abbas Hilmi I
title =Wāli of Egypt, Sudan, Hejaz, Morea, Thasos, Crete


caption =
reign =10 November, 1848 – 13 July, 1854
native_lang1 =Arabic
native_lang1_name1=عباس حلمي الأول
native_lang2 =Turkish
native_lang2_name1=I. Abbas
predecessor =Ibrahim Pasha
successor =Sa'id Pasha
spouse 1 =Mahivech
spouse 2 =Chazdil
spouse 3 =Hawaya
spouse 4 =Hamdam
spouse 5 =Perlanet
issue =Ibrahim Ilhamy
Mustafa
Hawa
Muhammad Sadik
Aisha Sadika
dynasty =Muhammad Ali Dynasty
father =Tusun Pasha
mother =Bambakadin
date of birth =Birth date | 1812 | 7 | 1 | df=yes
place of birth =Jeddah, Hejaz
date of death =BirthDeathAge | | 1812 | 7 | 1 | 1854 | 7 | 13 | yes
place of death =Banha, Egypt
date of burial =
place of burial =|

Abbas I (July 1 1813 - July 16 1854), ( _ar. عباس الأول ), Wāli of Egypt and Sudan, was a son of Tusun Pasha and grandson of Muhammad Ali, founder of the reigning dynasty of Egypt and Sudan at the time.

He was born in 1813 in Jeddah and was brought up in Egypt. Being the grandson of Muhammad Ali, he succeeded his uncle Ibrahim Pasha in ruling Egypt and Sudan in 1848 ["Egypt state information service" [http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/History/ruler/080900000000000005.htm - Abbas Helmy I (the son of Ahmed Tosson Pasha Mohammad Ali's son)] ]

As a young man, he fought in the Levant under his uncle Ibrahim Pasha. The death of Ibrahim in November 1848 made Abbas regent of Egypt and Sudan. The following August 1849, on the death of his grandfather Muhammad Ali (who had been removed in July 1848 on account of mental weakness), Abbas succeeded him as wāli.

He has been often described as a mere voluptuary, but Nubar Pasha spoke of him as a true gentleman of the "old school". He was seen as a reactionary, morose and taciturn, and spent nearly all his time in his palace. He undid, as far as lay in his power, the works of his grandfather, both good and bad. Among other things he abolished trade monopolies, closed factories and schools, and reduced the strength of the region's army to 9,000 men.

He was inaccessible to adventurers bent on plundering Egypt and Sudan of riches, but at the insistence of the British government, he allowed the construction of a railway from Alexandria to Cairo.

In July 1854 he was murdered in Benha Palace by two of his slaves, and was later succeeded by his uncle (who was actually younger than him), Said Pasha.

Honours

*Order of the August Portrait of Ottoman Empire
*Order of Glory of Ottoman Empire-1849
*Order of Nobility, 1st Class of Ottoman Empire-1853
*Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus of Kingdom of Sardinia

s-ttl|title=Wāli of Egypt and Sudan
years=1848 – 1854

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