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

His uncle, Nubar Pasha, came over with Mehemet Ali, whose prime minister he was for forty years; and his nephew, who inherits his name, inherits also the traditions of that great reign.

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Mehemet Ali had been a moderate tyrant—to speak advisedly.

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It is supported by four pillars of Oriental alabaster, presented by Mehemet Ali, pasha of Egypt.

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Mehemet Ali, the "superfluity," is a scamp, and, I fear, dishonest.

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Gondokoro was first visited by Europeans in 1841-1842, when expeditions sent out by Mehemet Ali, pasha of Egypt, ascended the Nile as far as the foot of the rapids above Gondokoro.

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