Mahmoud Sami Al Baroudi (Arabic: محمود سامي البارودي; June 11, 1839 – December 11, 1904) was a significant Egyptian political figure, and a prominent poet. He served as 5th Prime Minister of Egypt from 4 February, 1882 until 26 May, 1882. He was known as rab alseif wel qalam رب السيف و القلم ("lord of sword and pen").^[1] His father belonged to an Ottoman-Egyptian family while his mother was a Greek woman who converted to Islam upon marrying his father.^[2][3]

He wrote more than 370 poems,^[4] for instance: " Everyone who is alive, will die." (In Arabic:كُلّ حيّ سيموت). ^[5]