Soliman Pasha al-Faransawi (born Joseph Anthelme Sève; 17 May 1788 – 12 March 1860), was a French-born Egyptian military commander.

[3] After the war ended in 1815, he resigned from Napoleon's Army and worked as a merchant.

At this time, Muhammad Ali Pasha, also known as Muhammad Ali of Egypt, was recruiting European officers to train his newly formed military on modern warfare and soldierly discipline.

[2] He was placed in charge of the new soldiers' school at Aswan, now the Egyptian Military Academy.

[4] There is a statue of him in the Egyptian National Military Museum inside the Cairo Citadel and a bust at the Préfecture in Lyon, France.