Al-Kari'a, so they returned to Egypt, except for Ismail, who remained in Istanbul and was appointed as a governor in the Sublime Porte, holding high positions in the state.

In 1804, Abbas Pasha I died and his uncle Said Pasha succeeded him. The subject of this biography returned to Egypt, and his aforementioned uncle appointed him head of the Council of Judgments, taking great care of his affairs and organizing it on the model of the Council of Judgments of the Sublime Porte.

In 1863, the late Said Pasha died, and the governorship of Egypt passed to Ismail Pasha.

He was the fifth of its rulers from the Al-Hamdi Al-Alawiyya dynasty. From the moment he assumed power, he worked to elevate the status of these lands and restore their former glory from the era of Muhammad Ali Pasha. He generously spent on organizing streets, constructing buildings, and establishing various beneficial projects, the details of which will be elaborated later, without regard for any financial difficulties that might arise.

The governorship of Egypt was transferred within the Khedivial family to whomever His Majesty the Sultan chose, regardless of his relation to the previous governor. The governors of Egypt were titled "Al-Aziz," "Al-Wali," or "Pasha." If they were occasionally titled "Khedive," it was for embellishment and grandeur. Ismail Pasha was the first to attain the rank of Khedive and the title of Khedive, making the governorship of Egypt an explicit inheritance in his lineage, passing from him to his eldest son, and from him to his eldest son, and so on, in succession.

Here are the texts of the Khedivial Firman authorizing this, issued on the 11th of Jumada al-Ula in the year 1281 AH, corresponding to July 1866 CE.

The Khedivial Firman: "The manner of succession to the government, as established in our Firman issued on the second of Rabi' al-Akhir in the year 1278 AH, has been changed so that the Khedivate shall pass from the holder of its seat to the eldest of his sons, and from him to the eldest of his sons as well. This has been done because it leads to peace and is more suitable for the conditions of the Egyptian lands. And to honor you, for you have become worthy of it through your good endeavors, uprightness, diligence, and piety, we make the law of Khedivial succession for Egypt and its dependencies, and the lands that follow it, and the viceroyalties of Suakin and Massawa and their dependencies, as previously stated. So that the governorship shall be to your eldest son, then to his eldest son after him. If the one who assumes the position does not have a male heir, the governorship shall pass to his eldest brother or to the eldest son of his brother, as previously decided. This succession shall not be to the daughters' sons. And to perpetuate these provisions, it is necessary that..."