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Khaled Fahmy
Books by Khaled Fahmy
Mehmed Ali
From Ottoman Governor to Ruler of Egypt
By Khaled Fahmy
Kavalali Mehmed Ali Pasha (c. 1770–1849), often dubbed "the founder of modern Egypt", was one of the most important figures in the history of the Ottoman Empire. Born in what is now Greece, and seemingly headed for an everyday existence as a tobacco trader, he joined the Ottoman army at the age o...
