Suleiman Pasha

For other uses, see Suleiman Pasha (disambiguation).

Joseph Anthelme Sève, alias Suleiman Pasha, in later life.

Suleiman Pasha (born Joseph Anthelme Sève, also known as Süleyman Paşa, Soliman Al Fransawi Pasha, or Colonel Sève; May or July 1788 - Cairo, March 12, 1860) was a French-born Egyptian commander. Colonel Sève should not be confused with Suleiman Pasha, a Ottoman general in the Russo-Turkish War, who lived later in the same century.

Biography

Born in Lyon, he was an officer in the army of Napoleon Bonaparte who converted to Islam and was recruited to help build the Egyptian army on the European model. Suleiman Pasha died in Cairo.

There is a statue of him in the Cairo Military Museum and a bust at the Préfecture in Lyon.

He married Maria Myriam Hanem, with whom he had three children, Nazli (future grandmother of Queen Nazli), Aasma and Mahadi. His great-granddaughter was Queen Nazli of Egypt, wife of King Fuad, and mother of King Farouk.

As of 2003, he still had many descendants living in Egypt.

The Statue of Suleiman Pasha

References

• (French) Biography