Family
Ismail, of Albanian descent, was born in Cairo at Al Musafir Khana Palace being the second of the three sons of Ibrahim Pasha, and the grandson of Muhammad Ali. His mother was Hoshiar (Khushiyar), third wife of his father. She was reportedly a sister of Valide Sultan Pertevniyal (1812–1883). Pertevniyal was a wife of Mahmud II of the Ottoman Empire and mother of Abdülaziz I.
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