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Construction of Suez Canal

Egypt · Government / Government of Egypt. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1859–1863Date range
2Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1859

Said Pasha25 April 1859

Port Said · Government / Government of Egypt

Allows construction to begin at Port Said under the Suez Canal Company concession.

1863

Ismail Pasha19 January 1863

Cairo · Government / Government of Egypt

Succeeds Said Pasha while construction of the Suez Canal remains underway.

Names involved

Ismail PashaSaid Pasha

Provenance

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