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{{Short description|Egyptian commander}}
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[[File:Joseph Anthelme Seve.jpg|thumb|Joseph Anthelme Sève, alias Suleiman Pasha, in later life.]]
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'''Soliman Pasha al-Faransawi''' (''Süleyman Pasha the French''; May or July 1788 – 12 March 1860), born '''Joseph Anthelme Sève''', was a [[France|French]]-born [[History of Egypt under the Muhammad Ali dynasty|Egyptian]] commander.
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'''Soliman Pasha al-Faransawi''' (''Süleyman Pasha the French''; 17 May 1788 – 12 March 1860), born '''Joseph Anthelme Sève''', was a French-born Egyptian commander.


==Biography==
==Biography==
Joseph Anthelme Sève was born in [[Lyon]]. He became a sailor.<ref name=young2002>{{cite book|author=George Young|title=Egypt from the Napoleonic Wars Down to Cromer and Allenby|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0KoLpd0Tj58C&pg=PA46|access-date=20 July 2013|year=2002|publisher=Gorgias Press LLC|isbn=978-1-931956-88-8|pages=46}}</ref> Later he joined the army of [[Napoleon|Napoleon Bonaparte]]. He fought at the battles of [[Battle of Trafalgar|Trafalgar]] and [[Battle of Waterloo|Waterloo]].<ref name=young2002/> After the war ended in 1815, he resigned from Napoleon's Army and worked as a merchant.
Joseph Anthelme Sève was born in [[Lyon]]. He became a sailor.<ref name=young2002>{{cite book|author=George Young|title=Egypt from the Napoleonic Wars Down to Cromer and Allenby|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0KoLpd0Tj58C&pg=PA46|access-date=20 July 2013|year=2002|publisher=Gorgias Press LLC|isbn=978-1-931956-88-8|pages=46}}</ref> Later he joined the army of [[Napoleon|Napoleon Bonaparte]]. He fought at the battles of [[Battle of Trafalgar|Trafalgar]] and [[Battle of Waterloo|Waterloo]].<ref name=young2002/> After the war ended in 1815, he resigned from Napoleon's Army and worked as a merchant.


At this time, [[Muhammad Ali Pasha]], also known as [[Muhammad Ali of Egypt]], was recruiting European officers to train his newly formed military on modern warfare and soldierly discipline. Sève travelled to Egypt, changed his name and converted to Islam.{{Citation needed|date= June 2014}} He was placed in charge of the new soldiers' school at [[Aswan]], now the [[Egyptian Military Academy]]. His task was to train a [[new model army]] of [[Sudanese slaves]]. When this did not work to plan, Muhammed Ali sent him other ethnicities to train as officers: Egypt-born [[Circassians in Egypt|Circassians]], Albanians and [[Greeks in Egypt|Greek]]s.
At this time, [[Muhammad Ali of Egypt|Muhammad Ali Pasha]], also known as Muhammad Ali of Egypt, was recruiting European officers to train his newly formed military on modern warfare and soldierly discipline. Sève travelled to Egypt, changed his name and converted to Islam.{{Citation needed|date= June 2014}} He was placed in charge of the new soldiers' school at [[Aswan]], now the [[Egyptian Military Academy]]. His task was to train a new model army of Sudanese slaves. When this did not work out, Muhammed Ali sent him other ethnicities to train as officers: Egypt-born [[Circassians in Egypt|Circassians]], Albanians and Greeks.


==Marriage and children==
==Marriage and children==
He married a [[Greeks in Egypt|Greek]] woman,<ref name="Rodenbeck 1993">{{cite book |title= Cairo |last= Rodenbeck |first= John |year= 1993 |publisher= Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company |isbn= 9780395664315 |quote= Born in Lyon in 1788 and originally known in France as Anthelme Seve, Sulayman Pasha ... In the building nearby is interred the body of Lady Maryam, Sulayman Pasha's wife, a beautiful Greek whom the young and dashing colonel had rescued... |page=143 }}</ref><ref name="Mostyn 2006">{{cite book |title= Egypt's Belle Epoque: Cairo and the Age of the Hedonists |last= Mostyn |first= Trevor |year= 2006 |publisher= Tauris Parke Paperbacks |isbn=9781845112400 |quote= Sulaiman Pasha made an eccentric figure ... Born in Lyon in 1788, he lived to the age of seventy-two with his favourite Greek mistress, dying in Cairo on 12 March 1860. His daughter, Nazli Hanem, married Muhammad Sherif Pasha, who was to become an important prime minister under Ismail. Their granddaughter, the beautiful, domineering Nazli Sabri, was to marry King Fouad and give birth to the last of the dynasty, King Farouk. |pages=27–28 }}</ref><ref name=mei2013>{{cite web|title=Weekend Nostalgia|url=http://mideasti.blogspot.com/2013/05/weekend-nostalgia-when-talaat-harb.html|work=The Middle East Journal|access-date=20 July 2013|date=31 May 2013}}</ref> [[Maria Myriam Hanem]], with whom he had three children, Nazli, Aasma and Mahdi. Nazli's granddaughter was [[Nazli Sabri|Queen Nazli]],<ref name="Mostyn 2006"/> wife of [[Rulers and heads of state of Egypt|King]] [[Fuad I of Egypt|Fuad]], and mother of [[Farouk of Egypt|King Farouk]].<ref name=mei2013/> Suleiman Pasha died in [[Cairo]].
He married a Greek woman, [[Maria Myriam Hanem]], with whom he had four children:⁣<ref name="Rodenbeck 1993">{{cite book |title= Cairo |last= Rodenbeck |first= John |year= 1993 |publisher= Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company |isbn= 9780395664315 |quote= Born in Lyon in 1788 and originally known in France as Anthelme Seve, Sulayman Pasha ... In the building nearby is interred the body of Lady Maryam, Sulayman Pasha's wife, a beautiful Greek whom the young and dashing colonel had rescued... |page=143 }}</ref><ref name="Mostyn 2006">{{cite book |title= Egypt's Belle Époque: Cairo and the Age of the Hedonists |last= Mostyn |first= Trevor |year= 2006 |publisher= Tauris Parke Paperbacks |isbn=9781845112400 |quote= Sulaiman Pasha made an eccentric figure ... Born in Lyon in 1788, he lived to the age of seventy-two with his favourite Greek mistress, dying in Cairo on 12 March 1860. His daughter, Nazli Hanem, married Muhammad Sherif Pasha, who was to become an important prime minister under Ismail. Their granddaughter, the beautiful, domineering Nazli Sabri, was to marry King Fouad and give birth to the last of the dynasty, King Farouk. |pages=27–28 }}</ref><ref name=mei2013>{{cite web|title=Weekend Nostalgia|url=http://mideasti.blogspot.com/2013/05/weekend-nostalgia-when-talaat-harb.html|work=The Middle East Journal|access-date=20 July 2013|date=31 May 2013}}</ref> Asmaa al Faransawi, Nazli al Faransawi, Muhammed bey al mahdi al Faransawi (Iskander bey), and Zuhra al Faransawi.<ref> Soliman-Pacha, colonel Sève, généralissime des armées égyptiennes; ou, Histoire des guerres de l'egypte de 1820 à 1860</ref> One of his great-granddaughters was [[Nazli Sabri|Queen Nazli]],<ref name="Mostyn 2006"/> wife of [[Rulers and heads of state of Egypt|King]] [[Fuad I of Egypt|Fuad]], and mother of [[Farouk of Egypt|King Farouk]].<ref name=mei2013/> Suleiman Pasha died in [[Cairo]].


He still has many descendants living in Egypt.{{Citation needed|date= June 2014}}
He still has many descendants living in Egypt.{{Citation needed|date= June 2014}}
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==Death==
==Death==
[[File:CairoOldTombFaransawi.jpg|thumbnail|Tomb of Suleiman Pasha el-Faransawi, Old Cairo, Egypt]]
[[File:CairoOldTombFaransawi.jpg|thumbnail|Tomb of Suleiman Pasha el-Faransawi, Old Cairo, Egypt]]
His tomb is in [[Old Cairo]], and the body of his wife is buried nearby.<ref name="Rodenbeck 1993">{{cite book |title= Cairo |last= Rodenbeck |first= John |year= 1993 |publisher= Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company |isbn= 9780395664315 |quote= Born in Lyon in 1788 and originally known in France as Anthelme Seve, Sulayman Pasha ... In the building nearby is interred the body of Lady Maryam, Sulayman Pasha's wife, a beautiful Greek whom the young and dashing colonel had rescued... |page=143 }}</ref>
His tomb is present in [[Cairo]]'s [[Old Cairo]] quarter, and the body of his wife is buried nearby.<ref name="Rodenbeck 1993"/>


==Legacy==
==Legacy==
[[File:Suleiman Pasha.jpg|thumb|The Statue of Suleiman Pasha]]
There is a statue of him in the [[Egyptian National Military Museum]] inside the [[Cairo Citadel]] and a bust at the [[:fr:Hôtel de préfecture du Rhône|''Préfecture'' in Lyon]], France.
There is a statue of him in the [[Egyptian National Military Museum]] inside the [[Cairo Citadel]] and a bust at the [[:fr:Hôtel de préfecture du Rhône|''Préfecture'' in Lyon]], France.


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For other people with the same name, see Suleiman Pasha.
Soliman al-Faransawi

Pasha
Birth nameJoseph Anthelme Sève
Other name(s)Soliman Pasha al-Faransawi
Born17 May 1788[1]
Lyon, Kingdom of France
Died12 March 1860(1860-03-12) (aged 71)
Cairo, Egypt Eyalet, Ottoman Empire
Buried
Old Cairo, Egypt
Allegiance First French Empire (until 1815)
 Ottoman Empire
Battles/warsBattle of Trafalgar
Battle of Waterloo
Greek War of Independence
Spouse(s)Maria Myriam Hanem
ChildrenZuhra
Nazli
Aasma
Muhammed Al Mahdi (Iskander bey)
RelationsNazli Sabri (great-granddaughter)

Soliman Pasha al-Faransawi (Süleyman Pasha the French; 17 May 1788 – 12 March 1860), born Joseph Anthelme Sève, was a French-born Egyptian commander.

Biography

Joseph Anthelme Sève was born in Lyon. He became a sailor.[2] Later he joined the army of Napoleon Bonaparte. He fought at the battles of Trafalgar and Waterloo.[2] After the war ended in 1815, he resigned from Napoleon's Army and worked as a merchant.

At this time, Muhammad Ali Pasha, also known as Muhammad Ali of Egypt, was recruiting European officers to train his newly formed military on modern warfare and soldierly discipline. Sève travelled to Egypt, changed his name and converted to Islam.[citation needed] He was placed in charge of the new soldiers' school at Aswan, now the Egyptian Military Academy. His task was to train a new model army of Sudanese slaves. When this did not work out, Muhammed Ali sent him other ethnicities to train as officers: Egypt-born Circassians, Albanians and Greeks.

Marriage and children

He married a Greek woman, Maria Myriam Hanem, with whom he had four children:⁣[3][4][5] Asmaa al Faransawi, Nazli al Faransawi, Muhammed bey al mahdi al Faransawi (Iskander bey), and Zuhra al Faransawi.[6] One of his great-granddaughters was Queen Nazli,[4] wife of King Fuad, and mother of King Farouk.[5] Suleiman Pasha died in Cairo.

He still has many descendants living in Egypt.[citation needed]

Death

Tomb of Suleiman Pasha el-Faransawi, Old Cairo, Egypt

His tomb is in Old Cairo, and the body of his wife is buried nearby.[3]

Legacy

There is a statue of him in the Egyptian National Military Museum inside the Cairo Citadel and a bust at the Préfecture in Lyon, France.

Seve's most famous quote was “I loved three men in my whole life, my father, Napoleon and Muhammad Ali”

References

  1. ^ Stéphane Bachès (2009). Dictionaire historique de Lyon. p. 1225.
  2. ^ a b George Young (2002). Egypt from the Napoleonic Wars Down to Cromer and Allenby. Gorgias Press LLC. p. 46. ISBN 978-1-931956-88-8. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  3. ^ a b Rodenbeck, John (1993). Cairo. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. p. 143. ISBN 9780395664315. Born in Lyon in 1788 and originally known in France as Anthelme Seve, Sulayman Pasha ... In the building nearby is interred the body of Lady Maryam, Sulayman Pasha's wife, a beautiful Greek whom the young and dashing colonel had rescued...
  4. ^ a b Mostyn, Trevor (2006). Egypt's Belle Époque: Cairo and the Age of the Hedonists. Tauris Parke Paperbacks. pp. 27–28. ISBN 9781845112400. Sulaiman Pasha made an eccentric figure ... Born in Lyon in 1788, he lived to the age of seventy-two with his favourite Greek mistress, dying in Cairo on 12 March 1860. His daughter, Nazli Hanem, married Muhammad Sherif Pasha, who was to become an important prime minister under Ismail. Their granddaughter, the beautiful, domineering Nazli Sabri, was to marry King Fouad and give birth to the last of the dynasty, King Farouk.
  5. ^ a b "Weekend Nostalgia". The Middle East Journal. 31 May 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  6. ^ Soliman-Pacha, colonel Sève, généralissime des armées égyptiennes; ou, Histoire des guerres de l'egypte de 1820 à 1860
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