Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-01
EGYPTIAN AFFAIRS.
Some Light Oh the Subject by an Ex-
Confederate LATELY In the Khe-
dives Service.

The following interesting communi-
cation which recently appeared in the
Knoxville Tribune is from the pen of
Colonel Lockett, now a member of
the faculty of the University of
Tennessee, and commandant of the
cadet corps. He was an engineer in
the Confederate service and afterward
in the khedive's service some years,
during which time he participated in
the disastrous A~byssinian expedition
and narrowly escaped with his life
1t is not necessary to write you a
long history of the khediye's alees-
TORS. They have been historic char
aeters for half a century-since his
waFlike grandfather, fierce old Ma
homet Ali, overthrow the Mameluke
Beys, was made in consequence master
in Egypt, and came very heal making
himself master Of Turkey. Since
then the successionste the vice-regal
throne Of Egypt has been Ia Mabomet
Ais family. After him came his son
Ibrahim Pasha, who was a " chip Of
the old block a doughty warrior.
be died in sixty days and was fol
lowed by a brother, Abbas Pasha, who
likewise was followed by 0 brother,
Said Pasha, who in turn was followed
by the present khedive, Ismail Pasba,
a son of Ibrahim. You see. then.
that the succession was not from faith
er to son, but keeping in the same
family the throne went always to the
oldest member thereof The present
khedive, however, had this law Of
succession changed, SO that the
Inheritance hereafter shall be, as in
other royal families, by the direct
descent from sire to son. This is
an important factor in the present
troubles, as you will see later on.
One serious difficulty experienced by
American readers ia endeayoring To
keep up with Eastetn news, is the i'm
possibility of attaching to the various
proper names with which the tele-
graphic dispatches are filed, distinct
personal characters. Another is the
trouble We have IN distinguishing the
names themselves from each other.
We see Hussein one day. and NISSAN
the next; MahOmet and Mohammed
aud Nehemet, and Mahmoud. seem 10
be interpreted at random among the
news items while a number of other
proper names are such curious-looking
unpronOunceable combinations to US
that we pass them over in dismay
without any effort to fix either their
sound or spelling in our minds. Attic
risk OF being considered dull and
prosy, | will give a short biographical
dictionary Of the characters now tieur-
ing inthe Egyptian question.
Ismail- Pasha- Khediye is now about
fifty years old, and has been ON the
throne fifteen years.
Prince Mohammed Tewgk first son
Of the khediye, and heir-apparept IN
the throne. now about twenty-eIeht
years old-minister Of interior affairs
and afterwards Of foreign affairs.
Prince Hussein, second son of the
khediye, but by a different wife from
the first, now about tWenty-seyen
years OF age, was minister of finance
while the writer was in Egypt. and
was considered one of the smartest.
best men Of the country.
Prince Hassan, third son of the
khedive, only a few days younger than
Hussein, by still another wife, was in
the Abyssinian campaign with the
writer, was subsequently minister of
war, and commanded the EGYPTIAN
contingent in the Russo Turkish war,
Prince lbrahim, fourth son of the
khediye by, it is said, his favorite
wife, about twenty years old. He Is
very much like the khedive In nep.
sonal appearance, and said TO be his
favorite child. There are two youpe-
er princes, Mahmond and Fouad. who.
IRE about seventeen years old and
hardly ready yet to appear on the
stage.
4 nave frequently lad the honor of
being in the presence Of The royal
%personages. whose names / have above
given, and could give you pen and ink
sketches Of their personal appear
ances, and some notes Of their man.
aers and customs and pe~culiarities,
but all this would be a depression
from the main purpose aud object Of
this article.
The khediye has an uncle named
Mustapha Hahn Pasha, who is but a
few days his junior in age, aud who,
but for the law Of succession above
mentioned, would be the heir apparent