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Also Known As Meḥmet ʿAlī Pasha • Meḥmet ʿAlī • Mehmed Ali • Muḥammad ʿAlī Pasha
Born 1769 • Kavála • Greece
Died August 2, 1849 (aged 80) • Alexandria • Egypt
Title / Office viceroy (1805-1848), Egypt

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Engraving of Mohammed Ali, founder of modern Egypt, shown with a full white beard, wearing a traditional hat and embroidered jacket, facing slightly to the viewer's left.
Cairo: Muḥammad ʿAlī Mosque
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