House of Muhammad Ali | |
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Royal dynasty | |
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Country | Egypt and Sudan |
Founded | 1805 |
Founder | Muhammad Ali Pasha |
Current head | Fuad II |
Final ruler | Fuad II |
Titles | Wāli (unrecognised Khedive) of Egypt (1805–1867) Khedive of Egypt (1867–1914) Sultan of Egypt (1914–1922) King of Egypt (1922–1951) King of Egypt and the Sudan (1951–1953) |
Estate(s) | Egypt, Sudan, and South Sudan |
Deposition | 1953 (Declaration of the Republic following the Egyptian Revolution of 1952) |
The Muhammad Ali dynasty or the Alawiyya dynasty was the ruling dynasty of Egypt and Sudan from the 19th to the mid-20th century. It is named after its progenitor, the Albanian Muhammad Ali, regarded as the founder of modern Egypt.[1]
In the meanwhile, the Albanian commander Mehmed Ali came to shine amid the limelight of politics and became immensely popular among the inhabitants. As his biographer tells us, Mehmed Ali was a man who had mastered 'the art of staging spectacles and of influencing audiences'.
The French consul believed that '[the] Albanian has more character and would probably be less sensitive to the advice and the means of seduction of our enemies'.
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