Ali Pasha Sherif

His father next enrolled him in the École Militaire Égyptienne, a school established by Muhammad Ali Pasha in 1844 in Paris to train men for effective service in the Egyptian military corps.

[2] After completing his studies at the École Militaire Égyptienne, Ali Bey continued his education at the School of Application for the Staff, located on the Rue de Grenelle, Paris, close to Les Invalides, many graduates of which were selected to become staff officers in the French army.

At one point in his career, he was awarded the title of Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India by Queen Victoria.

[4] In 1894, while he was head of the Legislative Assembly, Ali was arrested for purchasing enslaved Sudanese women for domestic service.

As he aged, Ali Pasha Sherif's health failed and he encountered financial and political problems, leading to many problems for his stud farm, including a decline in the quality of his stock due to managers who bred to pedigree with no assessment of the ensuing livestock and often engaging in inbreeding.

Ali Pasha Sherif died in 1897, and a month after his death his remaining horses went up for auction.