Mohammed Said Pasha (Arabic: محمد سعيد باشا) (Cairo, March 17, 1822 - Alexandria, January 17, 1863) was wāli of Egypt.
Said Pasja was a son of Mohammed Ali Pasja, the founder of modern Egypt. When uncle Abbas I Hilni was killed on July 13, 1854, he succeeded him as a hereditary governor of Egypt on behalf of the Osan Empire sultan.
Immediately after his appointment, he had to decide on the plan of French diplomat Ferdinand de Lesseps to dig a canal from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea. He granted a license for the channel, which he would no longer experience. For this project, Said founded Port Said in 1859.
He married twice. First wife: angie Hanem Son of first wife: Ahmed sherif Basha Second wife: Malek ber Hanem Son of second wife: Mohamed Toson Basha, Mahmoud Basha There is now a member of his family line Prince Mohammed Farouk Sharif is the eldest grandson of Ahmed Sherif Basha son of Mohamed Said Pasha and now living in Alexandria
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