The biography of this great Egyptian scholar and organizer was published in one volume in 1894 by Dr. Durry Pasha (1841–1900). It was mainly taken from the ninth volume cf
in which 'Alī Pāsha had described his early studies at village schools and higher education at government institutions. Finally he was sent-to Paris in company with the sons of Mohammed Ah Pasha to complete his education. This life-story reveals to the reader the social and political conditions of Egypt and the introduction of the refo