Khedive Abbas II, 1892–1914
01/08/1892 AD inherited
He was still in college in Vienna when he assumed the throne of the Khedivate of Egypt upon the sudden death of his father. He was barely of age according to Egyptian law; normally eighteen in cases of succession to the throne.
For some time he did not cooperate very cordially with the British, whose army had occupied Egypt in 1882.
As he was young and eager to exercise his new power, he resented the interference of the British Agent and Consul General in Cairo, Sir Evelyn Baring, later made Lord Cromer.
At the outset of his reign, Khedive Abbas II surrounded himself with a coterie of European advisers who opposed the British occupation of Egypt and Sudan and encouraged the young khedive to challenge Cromer by replacing his ailing prime minister with an Egyptian nationalist.
At Cromer's behest, Lord Rosebery, the British foreign secretary, sent Abbas II a letter stating that the Khedive was obliged to consult the British consul on such issues as cabinet appointments.
Subjects Who or What inherited?
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Abbas II of Egypt (Abbas II Helmy Bey) Khedive of Egypt a...
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Egypt Nation
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