moomtazz

Updated: May 27, 2025

Ismail Pacha had made great improvements in Khartoum, and he had completed the new government house that had been commenced by his predecessor, Moomtazz Pacha, who was also a most intelligent Circassian.

Sir Samuel White Baker - Ismailia

We anchored safely in the harbour of Souakim; and landed my twenty-one horses without accident. I was met by the governor, my old friend Moomtazz Bey, a highly intelligent Circassian officer, who had shown me much kindness on my former expedition. A week's delay in Souakim was necessary to obtain camels.

Sir Samuel White Baker - Ismailia