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End of Ismail Pasha and Cromer in Egypt and Sudan
The article traces Lord Cromer’s role in Egypt from 1882 onward, detailing the deposition of Ismail Pasha, the British occupation, and the 1883 to 1885 Sudan episode. It assesses Gordon’s Khartoum mission, Cromer’s judgments, and the choice of British intervention as the only feasible path, while noting controversy over responsibility and policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Cromer
Egypt
France
Germany
Austria
Ismail Pasha
Tewfik Pasha
M. de Blignieres
India
Auckland Colvin
Gladstone
John Morley
Victoria
Albert
White Nile
Equator
Natal
Capetown
Charles Kingsley
Nile
Britain
Philippines
Cuba
Khédive’s
Garnet Wolseley
Tel el Kebir
Arabi Bey
Cromwell
Arabi
Chamber of Notabies
Khédive
England
Cairo
Great Britain
Turkey
North
Africa
Mr. Gladstone
Alexandria
Paris
London
Lord Granville
Sir Edward Malet
Soudan
Hicks
Khartoum
Gordon
Hicks Pasha
Kordofan
Cromer
Baker
el Teb
Suakin
Gorden
Abyssinia
Uganda
Europe
Isaiah
Wallenstein
The
the Soudan
Berber