Career
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He was heir presumptive to Sa"id Pasha. However, in 1858 a special train conveying Ahmad Rifaat Pasha was being carried on a car float across the Nile at Kafr el-Zayyat. The train fell off the car float into the river and the prince was drowned.
Sa"id outlived Ahmad Rifaat until 1863 when he was succeeded by Isma"il Pasha.