Sa'id of Egypt

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Sa'id of Egypt
Khedive
Pasha of Egypt and Sudan
Reign	13 July 1854 – 17 January 1863
Predecessor	Abbas Hilmi I
Successor	Isma'il
Born	17 March 1822 Cairo, Egypt Eyalet, Ottoman Empire
Died	17 January 1863 (aged 40) Cairo, Egypt Eyalet, Ottoman Empire
Burial	Hosh al-Basha, Imam-i Shafi'i Mausoleum, Cairo, Egypt
Spouse	Inji Hanim Melekber Hanim
Issue	Prince Muhammad Toussoun Pasha Prince Mahmoud Toussoun Pasha
House	Alawiyya
Father	Muhammad Ali Pasha of Egypt
Mother	Ayn al-Hayat Qadin
Religion	Sunni Islam

Mohamed Sa'id Pasha (Egyptian Arabic: محمد سعيد باشا, Turkish: Mehmed Said Paşa, March 17, 1822 – January 17, 1863) was the Wāli of Egypt and Sudan from 1854 until 1863, officially owing fealty to the Ottoman Sultan but in practice exercising virtual independence. Construction of the Suez Canal began under his tenure.^[1]