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Entry Type	Person
Surname	Ali
Forenames	Muhammed
Alternative Form of Name	Muhammad[a] Ali Pasha al-Mas'ud ibn Agha
	Ottoman script: محمد علی پاشا المسعود بن آغا
	Arabic: محمد علي باشا‎
	American Library Association-Library of Congress: Muḥammad ‘Alī Bāshā
Also Known As	Muhammad Ali of Egypt and the Sudan
Place	Egypt
Place	Egypt
Epithet	of Egypt, founder of modern Egypt
Dates	1769-1849
Gender Identity	Male
Biography	Born in Kavala in the Ottoman Empire, now a city in modern Greece. As a military commander in the Albanian Ottoman force, he was sent to recover Egypt from French occupation under Napoleon. Having ruled as de facto leader of Egypt since 1805, he waged war against the sultan and following a peace brokered in 1842, he established a dynasty that ruled over Egypt and Sudan until the revolution of 1952.
Place of Birth	Kavala, Ottoman Empire (modern Greece)
Place of Death	Ras el-Tin Palace, Alexandria, Egypt
Key Events	1805 Named Wāli (viceroy) of Egypt, gaining the rank of Pasha 1831 Waged war against the Ottoman sultan, followed by another invasion in 1840 1842 Brokered peace and withdrew from the Levant
Source	'Muhammed Ali of Egypt' Wikipedia article, accessed 18/02/2021
Authorised Form of Name	Ali; Muhammed (1769-1849); of Egypt, founder of modern Egypt

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