170 years have passed since the birth of Khedive Tawfiq, who took place in his life many important events in the history of Egypt, as he was born on November 15, 1852, the son of Khedive Ismail, the sixth rulers of Egypt from the Alawite family. He is the cheeky of Egypt and Sudan during the years 1879-1892 AD.
Perhaps Tawfiq is the most controversial sons of Muhammad Ali Pasha, the ruler that all the fingers referred to and accused him of causing the British occupation of Egypt, the weak and corrupt Khedive who was the cause of the beginning of foreign interference in the affairs of the country, despite the force that was in the era of his grandfather Al -Basha and the boom that occurred During the era of his father, Khedive, he is the Khedive Tawfiq.
His reign witnessed the Arab revolution, then the British occupation that had its support, and in 1884, Khartoum fell in the hands of the Mahdist revolution and the killing of the Egyptian ruler of Sudan Charles George Gordon and Egypt lost the rule of Sudan, Egypt’s share of the Suez Canal was sold, which was estimated at 15% for the British during his rule, But did history mention good deeds, is there what might intercede for this man in front of history?
The truth is that the Tawfiq rule period, which lasted for about 13 years, witnessed some of the good deeds attributed to a man, including:
– Organizing the allocations of the Khedive family, so he canceled his mother’s allocations and sanctuary, and he was satisfied with 100 thousand pounds for his annual allocations, and the first to give up from the members of the royal family for his kindness, to pay the required debt from the government.
– He was interested in spreading education since he was the crown prince, and he established the Al -Qobba School at his own expense, and established many primary, secondary and high education institutes, and opened the higher school for teachers during his reign, and established an evening school for education and the Supreme Council of Knowledge.
During his reign, the Shura Council of Laws and the General Assembly was established, and the directorates of the directorates in 1883.
– He issued a list of civil employees that guarantee them their rights to the pension, and added by the royal and military pension regulations.
He canceled forced labor, and ordered the reform of mosques and charitable endowments.
He borrowed an amount of one million pounds to reform the charitable arches, and began digging the success of the success in early 1887, and the work in it ended in 1888.
– In his assumption period, many foreign companies and banks were established.
It is the banks of the Anglo Bank Ajbsian, and the Italian discount and cutting bank established in 1887, and from the American joint stock company companies that were formed in 1881 to deliver the phone between Cairo and Alexandria and expanded its activity after that, the work of foreign companies was built in Egypt is like the Cairo tram company, Al -Nour Company, Alexandria Tram, the Delta Railway, and the Nile Villas Company..
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