Abbas I of Egypt
Wāli of Egypt and Sudan
Died when: 42 years 15 days (504 months)Star Sign: Cancer
Abbas Helmy I of Egypt (also known as Abbas Pasha, Arabic: ???? ?????, Turkish: I.Abbas Hilmi Pasa 1 July 1812 – 13 July 1854) was the Wali of Egypt and Sudan.
He was a son of the Albanian Tusun Pasha, and a grandson of the Albanian 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."
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