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Abbas Helmy II (also known as ʿAbbās Ḥilmī Pāshā, Egyptian Arabic: عباس حلمي باشا) (14 July 1874 – 19 December 1944) was the last Khedive of Egypt and the Sudan, ruling from 8 January 1892 to 19 December 1914.
ʿAbbās II (born July 14, 1874, Alexandria, Egypt—died Dec. 20, 1944, Geneva, Switz.) was the last khedive (viceroy) of Egypt, from 1892 to 1914, when British hegemony was established. His opposition to British power in Egypt made him prominent in the nationalist movement.
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4 days ago · Egypt - Abbas Hilmi II, Ottoman Rule, Modernization: The death of Tawfīq and the accession of his 17-year-old son, ʿAbbās II (Ḥilmī), in 1892 opened a new phase of opposition to the occupation.
ʿAbbās II, aged nine-and-a-half, was enthroned in Kashan on Thursday 15 Ṣafar 1052/May 15, 1642, four days after the death of his father, Shah Ṣafi I (r. 1038-52/1629-42) and following a meeting of the state council presided over by grand vizier Mirzā Moḥammad Sāru Taqi.
Abbas II (Abbas Hilmi) (äbäs´ hĬl´mĬ, ăbäs´, ăb´əs), 1874–1944, last khedive of Egypt (1892–1914); son and successor of Tewfik Pasha. Nominally he ruled in subordination to the Ottoman Empire, but in fact Egypt was controlled by the British resident—at first Lord Cromer, and later Lord Kitchener.
Abbas Hilmi II. • He was born on July 14, 1874 in Cairo. • He was tutored by private instructors to the age of ten in the school of princes in the Palace in Cairo. • Khedive Muhammad Tawfiq sent him to study in Geneva, Switzerland and Vienna.
Abbas II of Egypt was the last khedive of Egypt, from 1892 to 1914, when British hegemony was established. His opposition to British power in Egypt made him prominent in the nationalist movement. Interests. He was an enlightened man, a patron of arts. Patronized the Turkish artist Khalil Pasha. Connections.
