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Said Pasha
محمد سعيد باشا
(Known as "Mohamed Said Pasha")
Wali of Egypt and Sudan (1854–1863), Concessionaire of the Suez Canal
Born
Mar 17, 1822
Cairo, Egypt
Cairo, Egypt
Passed Away
Jan 18, 1863
Alexandria, Egypt
Lifespan
40 years old
"The waters of the two seas unite across our sands to bring the continents together."
Archival Overview
Wali of Egypt from 1854 to 1863 who abolished internal tariffs, granted Egyptian fellahin private landownership rights through the Sa'idiya Law, and approved the construction of the Suez Canal.
Biographical Record
Educated in Paris, Mohamed Said Pasha was a Francophile prince who succeeded Abbas I in 1854. In 1858, he promulgated the landmark Sa'idiya agrarian law, establishing full private landownership rights for Egyptian peasants for the first time in modern history.
He granted his close friend Ferdinand de Lesseps the historic concession to dig the Suez Canal, laying the cornerstone of the waterway that connected global trade. The Mediterranean port city of Port Said was founded and named in his honor in 1859.
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Final Resting Place
Perpetual Memorial
Hosh al-Basha Royal Mausoleum
Cairo, Egypt
Cairo, Egypt
GPS: 30.0150, 31.2580
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