Mehemet Ali

American  

[mi-hem-et ah-lee, ah-lee, mey-met] / mɪˈhɛm ɛt ɑˈli, ˈɑ li, ˈmeɪ mɛt /

noun

1. 1769–1849, viceroy of Egypt 1805–48.

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Mehemet Ali British  

/ mɪˈhɛmɪt ˈɑːlɪ /

noun

1. 1769–1849, Albanian commander in the service of Turkey. He was made viceroy of Egypt (1805) and its hereditary ruler (1841), founding a dynasty that ruled until 1952

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Mehemet Ali

Another Albanian, Mehemet Ali, conquered Egypt, and it took the combined efforts of Britain, France and Czarist Russia to keep him out of Europe by sinking his fleet in 1827.

From Time Magazine Archive

Britain and France afterwards prevailed on Mehemet Ali to rule Egypt as the viceroy of the Sultan of Turkey.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various

But at least this was secured, that the rule of Egypt was confirmed in the family of Mehemet Ali, and the Viceroy of Egypt became as fixed and irremovable as the Sultan himself.

From From Egypt to Japan by Field, Henry M. (Henry Martyn)

George IV., on his accession to the throne in 1820, received as a gift the prostrate obelisk from Mehemet Ali, then ruler of Egypt.

From Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics by King, James

Mehemet Ali died in 1850, and was succeeded by his son Ibrahim Pasha, who inherited much of his father's vigor.

From From Egypt to Japan by Field, Henry M. (Henry Martyn)