The opening ceremony of the Suez Canal, which was held on November 16, 1869, was attended in Port Said, six thousand guests, and five hundred cooks were summoned from Marseille, Jeno and Trusta, where 3 green platforms were held in silk.
Ibrahim Al -Sakka, the third was devoted to the Christian religion, the Khedive Ismail, the Mayo Delsus, the Empress Eugenie Empress of France, the French Joseph Emperor of Austria, the King of Hungary, the Crown Prince of Prussia, the Prince Henry, the brother of the Netherlands, the Ambassador of England and Russia in Astana, the Prince Muhammad Tawfiq, the Crown Prince, Prince Tosson, son of Muhammad Saeed Pasha, Sharif Pasha, Nubar Pasha, and Prince Abdel Qader Al -Jazaery, are on the major platform.
Khedive also evoked 500 chefs and servants from France and Italy, in addition to the chefs and servants of the Egyptians and the Turks who were at his service.
Foreign newspapers sent correspondents to cover the celebration and the invitees began to attend Alexandria since October 15, 1869, and they prepared trips to the Upper Egypt through the Nile in the ships prepared and equipped for this purpose, before the start of the official festival for the opening, as Ismail spent unparalleled extravagance and extravagance At the opening.
It is worth noting that cost 2 million and 400 thousand pounds..
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