Who was Pharaoh?
All Muslims (also probably all believing Jews and Christians) believe that Pharaoh was the name of the Egyptian king during the time of Moses and he died drowned in the Red Sea when he and his men were chasing Moses and his men (Children of Israel) who were fleeing Egypt. But Pharaoh was not the name of an individual king; it was actually the title of the ancient Egyptian rulers like the king, emperor or raja. Thus, there were many Pharaohs in Egypt from 3200 BCE until Alexander the great conquered it in 332 BCE. Although some of them may have been unkind rulers like other rulers around the world at that time, a few of them were actually kind, generous, intelligent and concerned about the welfare of the people. The most kind and generous Pharaoh was Ahmis I (d. 1610 BCE). He was very concerned for his subjects and ensuring better comfort, happiness and welfare of his people was his motto. He was so popular with his people that the Egyptians worshiped him for almost a thousand years aft
