Abbas Hilmi II | |
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![]() Abbas Hilmi II in 1909 | |
Khedive of Egypt and Sudan | |
Reign | 8 January 1892 – 19(20)(21) December 1914 |
Predecessor | Tewfik I |
Successor | Hussein Kamel (as Sultan of Egypt) |
Born | 14 July 1874 Alexandria, Khedivate of Egypt[1] |
Died | 19 December 1944 Geneva, Switzerland | (aged 70)
Burial | |
Spouse | |
Issue | Princess Emine Hilmi Princess Atiye Hilmi Princess Fethiye Hilmi Prince Muhammad Abdel Moneim Princess Lutfiya Shavkat Prince Muhammed Abdel Kader |
House | Alawiyya |
Father | Tewfik I of Egypt |
Mother | Emina of Ilhamy |
Abbas Helmy II (also known as ʿAbbās Ḥilmī Pāshā, 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.[2][nb 1] In 1914, after the Ottoman Empire joined the Central Powers in World War I, the nationalist Khedive was removed by the British, then ruling Egypt, in favour of his more pro-British uncle, Hussein Kamel, marking the de jure end of Egypt's four-century era as a province of the Ottoman Empire, which had begun in 1517.
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