khedive

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One of several Turkish viceroys ruling Egypt from 1867 to 1914.

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The title of the viceroy of Egypt, assumed by Ismail Pasha in 1867, under a convention with his suzerain the Sultan of Turkey: an agreement made between them in 1866 had established for the first time hereditary succession in his family.

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A governor or viceroy; — a title granted in 1867 by the sultan of Turkey to the ruler of Egypt.

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A form of Turkish viceroy who ruled Egypt in the late 19th and early 20th centuries

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one of the Turkish viceroys who ruled Egypt between 1867 and 1914