The Pasha named his Alexandria canal after Sultan Mahmud II

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For example, the annual firman of investiture re-appointing him in his pashalɩks was received in great pomp and splendor and a big celebration was held to read it aloud in the Citadel. The Pasha himself was Turkish-speaking and as far as is known he never spoke Arabic (although it is difficult to believe that he did not understand it). As a further example of his Ottoman character, when the canal joining Alexandria to the Nile was dug he decided to name it the Maḥmūdiyya, after Sultan Mahmud II. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 182