One million Egyptians participated in the excavation of the canal, in which 100,000 workers died in various accidents.
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It will be 150 years since the inauguration of the famous Egyptian Suez Canal next Sunday. There is a lot of material about excavation of the Suez Canal in many languages. According to authentic information, one million Egyptians participated in the excavation of the canal, in which 100,000 workers died while digging in various accidents. Excavation of the canal continued for 10 years day and night. After a long and laborious excavation, the 1993 km long canal was lost. It has a minimum width of 280 meters and a maximum of 345 meters. After Egypt, this great Egyptian shariah is described.
The canal is 22 meters deep. The excavation of the Suez Canal continues from an old age. The ancient Egyptians excavated to connect the Pacific Ocean with Mediterranean through the branches of the River Nile. The canal originated in ‘Senusret III’ in 1874 BC. This canal was further expanded in the days of the Muslim Caliph Harun al-Rashid several centuries later.
During the French expedition, Nipolin planned the excavation of the Suez Canal in 1798. Nipolin N took a team of architects to inspect it, but then President Jacques-Marie Le Pre forbade it. When he found out that the Red Sea is higher than the Pacific Ocean, he refused the plan. The president told him that the excavation of the canal was terrible, that if both the oceans were excavated, the whole of Egypt would be submerged in water.
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The reference to Suez Canal and the “lupere” regarding the two seas proved incorrect. In 1854, Ferdinand de Lesseps, an engineer diplomat, came to Egypt. Sa’id Pasha was a goner in Egypt at that time. He had a design and map drawn by his compatriot, Linant de Bellefonds, in the 1840′s. They convinced Sa’id Pasha. So a 12-point agreement was reached between French experts and Sa’id Pasha, and the canal excavation began in November of that year. The main clause of the agreement was that it would be maintained for 99 years.
The terms of Ferdinand de were clear, simple, and simple. Their summary was that the Egyptian government allowed Ferdinand de Lesseps to dig a canal for navigation. In addition, it was decided to dig two more canals. One had to be made for irrigation and the other for drinking water. According to the agreement, the profits of the narcotic proceeds for 99 years were to be paid to the excavation company. However, it was decided to give 15% of the net profits to the Egyptian government. 80% of the labor quota worked with it was allocated to the Egyptians. The agreement stated that after 99 years, the canal would be completely handed over to Egypt, which had previously taken only 15% of total profit for 99 years.
At the end of the 99-year tenure of Suez Canal in 1956, it had to become part of Egyptian ownership. The then Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser July 26 made it national. 100 days before Israel, France and Britain waged war. The war was termed by the Egyptians a “trilateral aggression”.Britain and France joined the aggression on October 29, 1956, with Israeli aggression. The Egyptians then became furious against France, and in Port Said, they smashed the statue of Ferdinand de Lesseps, the planner of the excavation of the Suez Canal. “Al Arabiya.Net” also received a video of the statue’s demolition.
