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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Example Sentences

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

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

But Turkey was herself fully occupied by affairs in Europe, and to Mehemet Ali, then pasha of Egypt, was deputed the task of bringing the Wahhābis into subjection.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various

Remains of extensive workings were discovered in the northern Etbai by the French traveller, F. Cailliaud, in 1817, and the mines were re-opened for a short time under Mehemet Ali.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

In 1832 Mehemet Ali won a victory over the Turks near Alexandretta.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various