Died 1849-08-02.
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Muhammad Ali was an Ottoman military commander, statesman, and governor who became the de facto ruler of Egypt from 1805 to 1848. He founded the Muhammad Ali dynasty, which ruled Egypt and Sudan for more than a century, and is widely regarded as one of the central figures in the creation of modern Egypt.
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business · Ruler of Egypt from 1805 to 1848 · military leader · politician · statesperson · governor · viceroy · businessperson · also (Bāshā), Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Mohammed ali, Mohamed ali, mohamed ali, Mehemet Ali
Born 4 March 1769 · Died 2 August 1849 · Q182781
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1849· 1 entry
1846· 1 entry
While Ibrahim, progressively crippled by rheumatic pains and tuberculosis (he was beginning to cough up blood), was sent to Italy to take the waters, Muhammad Ali travelled to Constantinople
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1844· 1 entry
The tax receipts were in, and Sherif Pasha, the head of the diwan al-maliyya (financial ministry), was too fearful for his life to tell Ali the news that Egyptian debt now stood at 80 million francs (£2,400,000)
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1832· 1 entry
Muhammad Ali allowed Antoine Clot, known as "Clot Bey" in Egypt, to establish a School of Medicine for women
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1830· 1 entry
By creating a state of "law and order", where Christians within Egypt can be safe, which was a way Muhammad Ali was able to pull influence from Europe
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1827· 2 entries
By Muhammad Ali to found the Qasral-'Ayni School of Medicine at the Army hospital of Abou Zabel which later transferred to Cairo
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However, ended his attempt to suppress the Greek revolution
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1821· 1 entry
But met with fierce resistance by the Shaigiya
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1820· 1 entry
Muhammad Ali dispatched an army of 5,000 troops commanded by his third son, Ismail, and Abidin Bey, south into Sudan with the intent of conquering the territory and subjugating it to his authority
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1805· 2 entries
Career landmark: Beylerbey of Egypt (1805–1848).
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A group of prominent Egyptians led by the ulama (scholars, savants) demanded the replacement of Wāli (governor) Hurshid Pasha by Muhammad Ali, and the Ottomans yielded
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1801· 3 entries
Allied with the Egyptian leader Umar Makram and Egypt's Grand Imam of al-Azhar
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His unit was sent, as part of a much larger Ottoman force, to re-occupy Egypt following a brief French occupation that upended Mamluk dominance in Egypt
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Travelled to Egypt as part of an Ottoman expeditionary force sent to expel the remaining French forces following Napoleon's campaign
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1769· 1 entry
Born 1769-03-04.
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