The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Abbas Pasha I

ABBAS PASHA I, viceroy of Egypt, grandson of the famous Mehemet Ali: b. 1813; d. 13 July 1854. Early initiated into public life, in 1841 he took an active part in his grandfather's Syrian war; in 1848 the death of his uncle Ibrahim Pasha called him to the viceregal throne at Cairo. During his brief reign he did much to undo the progress made under Mehemet Ali: he dismissed all Europeans and fought Western ideas energetically. At the outbreak of the Crimean war he placed 15,000 men and his fleet at the Sultan's disposal; but was shortly after found dead, not without suspicion of foul play.