Ali Zulfikar Pasha
Ali Zulfikar Pasha (Arabic: علي ذو الفقار باشا (d. 27 July 1904, Evian-les-Bains) was twice Foreign Minister of Egypt. He was a major landholder in Egypt.
Ali Zulfikar Pasha | |
|---|---|
علي ذو الفقار باشا | |
| 5th Foreign Minister of Egypt | |
| In office 10 March 1879 – 7 April 1879 | |
| Monarch | Isma'il Pasha |
| Preceded by | Nubar Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Mohamed Sherif Pasha |
| In office 9 June 1888 – 12 May 1891 | |
| Monarch | Mohamed Tewfik Pasha |
| Preceded by | Nubar Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Tigrane Pasha |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Greece |
| Died | 1892 |
Career
Ali was a slave brought from Greece. He given by Muhammad Ali Pasha to his son (and future Wali of Egypt) Sa'id of Egypt as a study companion.[1] He served in the Egyptian navy from 1834, and was appointed president of the Majlis al-Ahkam in 1857. He was made governor of Alexandria in 1866. Ali was director of the Justice Ministry in the government of Muhammad Sharif Pasha. After serving as foreign minister from 1888 to 1891, his last post was chief of protocol.[2]
References
- Hunter, Robert (1999). Egypt under the khedives, 1805-1879: from household government to modern bureaucracy. AUC Press. p. 243.
- Hunter, Robert (1999). Egypt under the khedives, 1805-1879: from household government to modern bureaucracy. AUC Press. p. 86, 223.
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