British Imperialism in Egypt: Suez Canal, Debt & Sudan, 1859–1885

When was the Royal Niger Company chartered

1886

When was the British East African Company chartered

1888

When was the South Africa Company chartered

1889

When was Palmerston PM for his second term

1859-1865 (death in 1865)

What did Palmerston say in relation to Egypt

"We wish to trade with Egypt and to travel through Egypt"

Egypt had been part of the Ottoman Empire since what year?

1517

When was Ismail Khedive of Egypt?

1863-1879

Where was Ismail educated

France

Who was the French Engineer of the Suez Canal

Ferdinand de Lesseps

When did Canal construction occur

1859-1869

In 1869 the Suez Canal Company gained a lease to the canal for how many years?

99

By the 1870s, what percentage of Egyptain imports were from Britain?

40%

By 1875 what % of ships passing through the Canal were British owned?

80%

Howm many miles did it take to travel from London to Bombay before the Canal?

6000

How much money and what % of the shares did Disraeli buy in the Suez Canal Company

£4 million for 44%

Who loaned Disraeli the £4 million?

Lionel de Rothschild

What major British bank loaned money to Egypt?

the Baring Merchant bank

Between 1863 and 1879, by how much did the debt of Egypt increase to?

£3 million to £100 million

By what year did the debt crisis of Egypt threaten fiscal collapse?

1875

Who replaced Ismail? And Why

Tewfik; Ismail resisted European economci control

When did the Mahdist revolt of Sudan occur?

1881

When did Arabi Pasha lead a rebellion against Tewfik and Europeans

1882

When did Gordon and his army face defeat in Khartoum?

1885