- March 1791), also known as Ismail Bey al-Kabir ("the Great") was a Mamluk emir and regent of Ottoman Egypt.
During the Russo-Turkish War Ali Bey used the opportunity to declare Egypt's independence from the Ottoman Empire.
Acting on Ali's orders he also invaded Hijaz and subdued all of its ports and coastal towns north of Jeddah (1770).
Murad tried to poison him, however, Ismail and the Ali-Bey-faction (Alawiyya) managed to expel the Abu-Dhahab-faction (Muhammadiyya) from Cairo to Upper Egypt (1777).
Ismail Bey asked the French consul whether France could send military instructors and training units.