I promise you once more that I will intercede for you with the khedive."
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
At times some former soldier or officer of the Egyptian khedive gave him a few piastres or a few dried figs, and promised to aid him on the following day.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
No less than 50 former Union and Confederate officers held the rank of colonel or above in the Army of the khedive during the 1870's.
"The Civil War Centennial Handbook"
William H. Price