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Ottoman Egypt

1517 – 1867
Sovereign stateAfrica

Ottoman eyalet of Egypt, later the autonomous power base of Muhammad Ali's dynasty.

The Ottoman eyalet of Egypt effectively ended as a directly governed province when Muhammad Ali Pasha seized autonomous control in 1805, recognized by the Ottoman sultan; it evolved into the quasi-independent Muhammad Ali dynasty, which ruled Egypt until the 1952 revolution.

Borders in 1799 · drawn from 2 sourced border frames
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Borders over time

The atlas holds 2 border frames for Ottoman Egypt — the shape you scrub through changes in 1517 · 1799.

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