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Isma'il's plan for the independence of Egypt

Isma'il's plan for the independence of Egypt

Point 1 of 5 — Lesson 18: Ismail – the Project of Independence, the Firmans and Egypt’s African ExpansionsQuestion bank: 0 questions (0 with pictures)

01Isma'il's plan for the independence of Egypt

  • His plan aimed to widen the scope of his independence in ruling the country and to win as many rights and privileges as possible from the Ottoman government, heading towards complete independence — but all this was at the cost of the Egyptian treasury.
  • For example he sought to get rid of the restrictions of the London Settlement (1840) and the two firmans of 1841.
  • He wanted to change the order of succession to the throne from the oldest member of the Alawi family to the oldest of Isma'il's own sons.
  • He hosted Sultan Abd al-Aziz's visit to Egypt (April 1863), with the welcome, honours and gifts that accompanied it — enough to fill a whole ship — plus sixty thousand pounds paid to the Grand Vizier Fu'ad Pasha to exert his efforts to obtain the firmans.
  • The Grand Vizier's efforts ended with raising the annual tribute Egypt paid from 400,000 to 750,000 Ottoman pounds; to meet this, Isma'il borrowed three million pounds.

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