Muhammad Ali Pasha or Mehmet Ali; 1769 1849 receives messages from his son's campaign in Arabia.
Caption:
Ibrahim Pasha (eldest son of Muhammad Ali) in battle in Arabia 1818. Watercolour by the French painter Jean-Adolphe Beaucé (1818 - 1875). Ibrahim Pasha (1789-1848) commanded the Egyptian army. After his father became senile Ibrahim ruled Egypt.