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Ismail was the first son of Abram. Ismael was born for Abram by his wife’s servant girl, Hagar. It is said by Muslims that Abram was ordered by God to sacrifice Ismail as a burnt offering. Christians say that it was Sarai’s son Isaac who was almost sacrificed but saved by God.
Khedive Ismail was an Egyptian ruler who desired to modernize Eygpt, using as his model European nations. During his reign,the Suez Canal was completed, in 1869.