Muhammad Tewfik I | |
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![]() Tewfik I, c. 1882 | |
Khedive of Egypt and Sudan | |
Reign | 26 June 1879 – 7 January 1892 |
Predecessor | Isma'il |
Successor | Abbas Hilmi II |
Born | 15 November 1852 Cairo, Egypt Eyalet, Ottoman Empire |
Died | 7 January 1892 Helwan, Khedivate of Egypt, Ottoman Empire | (aged 39)
Burial | |
Spouse | Emina Ilhamy |
Issue | Abbas Hilmi II of Egypt Prince Muhammad Ali Tewfik Pasha Princess Nazli Hanim Princess Fakhr un-nisa Khadija Hanim Princess Nimatullah Hanim |
House | Alawiyya |
Father | Isma'il |
Mother | Shafaq Nur Hanim |
Mohamed Tewfik Pasha (Arabic: محمد توفيق باشا Muḥammad Tawfīq Bāshā; April 30 or 15 November 1852 – 7 January 1892), also known as Tawfiq of Egypt, was khedive of Egypt and the Sudan between 1879 and 1892 and the sixth ruler from the Muhammad Ali Dynasty. He inherited a state suffering under the financial and political mismanagement of his predecessor Isma'il. Disaffection in the Egyptian army as well as Anglo-French control of the state in the 1880s culminated in the anti-foreign Urabi revolt. Tewfik also took interest in matters concerning irrigation, education and justice; as well as selling his father's female slaves and closing the court's harem quarters.