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Noun: Muhammad Ali of Egypt
  1. Albanian soldier in the service of Turkey who was made viceroy of Egypt and took control away from the Ottoman Empire and established Egypt as a modern state (1769-1849)
    - Mohammed Ali, Mehemet Ali, Muhammad Ali

Type of: pongo [Brit, informal], soldier

Encyclopedia: Muhammad Ali of Egypt