Muhammad Ali dynasty

House of Muhammad Ali
Royal dynasty
CountryEgypt and Sudan
Founded1805
FounderMuhammad Ali Pasha
Current headFuad II
Final rulerFuad II
TitlesWāli (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
Deposition1953 (Declaration of the Republic following the Egyptian Revolution of 1952)
Map of Egypt under Muhammad Ali's dynasty

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]

  1. ^ Özavcı, Hilmi Ozan (2021). Dangerous Gifts: Imperialism, Security, and Civil Wars in the Levant, 1798-1864. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-885296-4.
    • p. 93:

      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'.

    • pp. 97–98:

      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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