He was replaced by his son Ibrahim Pasha, who reigned briefly as Regent of Egypt and Sudan from 1 September 1848 until his death on 10 November 1848.

Among other things, he abolished trade monopolies, closed factories and schools, and reduced the strength of the region's army to 9,000 men.

[3][9] A 1886 study wrote of Abbas that he "undertook no great works, built no new canals, and did not even carry out the schemes and plans of his predecessors.

[3][11] Due to his negative policies towards Europeans and their influence, Abbas was not liked by them and in time his reputation was exaggerated and demonized to portray him as worse than he actually was.

Abbas also recruited much of this new army from the Sinai Peninsula, traveling to El Tor and Aqaba and meeting with local Bedouin chiefs to conscript men, especially cavalry, for the war.

[14] Muhammad Ali and Abbas both recognized the unique characteristics and paid careful attention to bloodlines of the horses bred by the Bedouin tribes.

[14] Upon becoming Wāli, Abbas accumulated additional horses and carefully documented the histories of the animals and their bloodlines, records which have been preserved into the present day.

[6][15] Following Abbas' assassination, his Arabian horses were inherited by his eighteen-year-old son, Damad Prince Ibrahim Ilhamy Pasha who showed little interest in them, giving away several and putting the rest up for auction.