Abbas I of Egypt
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| Reign | 10 November 1848 – 2 August 1849 (as Regent of Egypt and Sudan) 2 August 1849 – 13 July 1854 (as Wāli of Egypt and Sudan) |
| Predecessor | Ibrahim Pasha |
| Successor | Sa'id Pasha |
| Born | 1 July 1812 Jeddah, Hejaz |
| Died | 13 July 1854 (aged 42) Banha, Egypt |
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Damad Prince Ibrahim Ilhamy Pasha Mustafa Havva Mehmed Sadık Ayşe Sadıka |
| Arabic | عباس حلمي الأول |
| Dynasty | Muhammad Ali Dynasty |
| Father | Tusun Pasha |
| Mother | Bambakadin |
Abbas I (Arabic: عباس الأول , Turkish: I. Abbas Hilmi Paşa 1 July 1812 – 13 July 1854), also known as Abbas Hilmi I Pasha or Abbas Pasha was the Wāli of Egypt and Sudan. He was a son of Tusun Pasha, and a grandson of Muhammad Ali, founder of the reigning Muhammad Ali Dynasty of Egypt and Sudan. The Chambers Biographical Dictionary says of him: "[b]igoted and sensual, he did much to undo the progress made under Muhammad Ali."
Abbas was born on 1 July 1812 in Jeddah and was brought up in Cairo. Being the grandson of Muhammad Ali, he succeeded his uncle Ibrahim Pasha in ruling Egypt and Sudan in 1848.
According to al-Jabarti, the leading historian of this time period, Abbas I was born in Cairo while his father, Tusun Pasha, was in the Hejaz fighting against the Wahabist movement. As a young man, he fought in the Levant under his uncle Ibrahim Pasha in the Syrian War. Muhammad Ali Pasha was removed from office on 1 September 1848, on account of mental weakness. He was replaced by his son Ibrahim Pasha, who reigned briefly as Regent of Egypt and Sudan from 1 September 1848 until his death on 10 November 1848. The death of Ibrahim made Abbas I, in turn, Regent of Egypt and Sudan from 10 November 1848 until 2 August 1849 (the date of Muhammad Ali Pasha's death), at which time Abbas became the reigning Wali of Egypt and Sudan until 13 July 1854.
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