Suleiman Pasha

Suleiman Pasha

Suleiman Pasha (born Joseph Anthelme Sève, also known as "Süleyman Paşa", "Soliman Al Fransawi Pasha", or "Colonel Sève"; May or July 1788 - Cairo, March 12, 1860) was a French-born Egyptian commander. Colonel Sève should not be confused with Suleiman Pasha, a Turkish commander in the Russo-Turkish War, who lived in the same century.

Biography

Born in Lyon, he was an officer in the army of Napoleon Bonaparte who converted to Islam and was recruited to help build the Egyptian army on the European model. Suleiman Pasha died in Cairo.

There is a statue of him in the Cairo Military Museum and a bust at the "Préfecture" in Lyon. His great-granddaughter was Queen Nazli of Egypt, wife of King Fuad, and mother of King Farouk.

As of 2003, he still had many [http://www.egy.com/historica/solipachatree.html descendants living in Egypt] .

References

*fr icon [http://soliman-pacha.ifrance.com/biograph.htm Biography]


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