1864Construction DisputeIsmail Pasha
Challenges concession terms and forced labour arrangements connected with Suez Canal construction.
Historical records for Egypt in 1864, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Challenges concession terms and forced labour arrangements connected with Suez Canal construction.
Refuses to ratify the concessions to the Canal Company made by Said, and the question is referred to the arbitration of Napoleon III, who awarded £3,800,000 to the company as compensation for the losses they would incur by the changes which Ismail insisted upon in the original grant
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