Kafr el-Zayyat when a railway train on which he was travelling fell off a car float into the Nile. Therefore, when Sa'id died in January 1863 he was succeeded by his nephew Ismail. The Mediterranean port of Port Said is named after him. He married twice, to a first wife Inji Hanim with one son Ahmed Sherif Pasha, and to a second wife Melekber Hanim with two sons, Mahmoud Bey, and Mohamed Toussoun Pasha. He was buried in Hosh al-Basha the Royal Mausoleum of Imam al-Shafi'i, Cairo, Egypt. Honours : Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (civil), 26 January 1855 French Empire: Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, 1863 : Order of Glory Order of Osmanieh, Special Class Order of the Medjidie, Special Class, 1853 : Grand Cross of St. Joseph, 1856 : Grand Cross of the Netherlands Lion, 1856 Sources References Further reading 1822 births 1863 deaths 19th-century Egyptian monarchs Muhammad Ali dynasty Ottoman governors of Egypt 19th-century deaths from tuberculosis Suez Canal Muhammad Ali of Egypt Tuberculosis deaths in Egypt Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur Knights of the Order of Saint Joseph Recipients of the Order of the Netherlands Lion Slave owners