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The International Commission for the piercing of the isthmus of Suez (Commission Internationale pour le percement de l'isthme de Suez) was the commission consisting of various European experts convened in 1855 by Ferdinand de Lesseps as instructed by the viceroy of Egypt Muhammad Sa'id in order to ascertain the feasibility of a canal between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea and to evaluate the best alternative for such a canal.

The commission was solely composed of Europeans. There were no Egyptians on the commission.[1]

  1. ^ Eijking, Jan (14 June 2023). "Historical Claims to the International: The Case of the Suez Canal Experts". International Studies Quarterly. 67 (3). doi:10.1093/isq/sqad041.

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