An Islamic enamelled glass Mosque lamp in the name of 'ABBAS HILMI PASHA EGYPT, DATED AH 1328/1910-11 AD. Of typical Mamluk form with sloping rounded body and flared mouth on short foot, six simple loop handles around the body, the surface decorated in red and blue enamels and gilt with a band of red-outlined blue thuluth around the mouth, the underside of the body with similar calligraphy divided by three roundels giving the name of the patron as 'Abbas Hilmi, the body with double red band of strapwork forming drop shapes around the handles alternated with cartouches of floral panels reserved against blue ground, a band of red circles between cusped borders below, similar cusping between all registers. inscriptions
Qur'an, surah al-Nur (XXIV)
Izza al-Moulana al-Khadic Abbas Hilmi al-Thani, Allah Damma Ayyamuho
'Glory to our Lord, the Khediv 'Abbas Hilmi the Second, may God make his time everlasting'
'Abbas Hilmi II (1874-1944), the great great grandson of Muhammad 'Ali Pasha ('The Father of Egypt'), was the last Khedive of Egypt and Sudan.
Having been raised to the Khedivate at a very young age, 'Abbas was eager to exercise his new power. Affected by the British Army's occupation of Egypt in 1882, he found it difficult to work together with the Consul General in Cairo, Sir Evelyn Baring (later to become Lord Cromer) and the two continued to cause problems within their work. Over time however, Khedive 'Abbas accepted the British Counsels, even revisiting England, during which he acknowledged the effort of the British in Egypt and accepted to follow their advice on Egyptian and Sudanese affairs. 33.5cm.