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The national flag of Egypt is a tricolour consisting of the three equal horizontal red, white, and black bands of the Arab Liberation Flag that dates back to the 1952 Egyptian Revolution. The flag bea
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Ottoman Egypt
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Ottoman Egypt was an administrative division of the Ottoman Empire after the conquest of Mamluk Egypt by the Ottomans in 1517. The Ottomans administered Egypt as a province of their empire. It remaine
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…When Muhammad Ali successfully seized power in Egypt, at that time the country was officially an Eyalet (Egypt Eyalet) of the Ottoman Empire. However, throughout his reign, and that of his sons and grandsons, Egypt enjoyed virtual independence as an own Khedivate. The…
Ottoman Cairene cruciform table carpet, mid 16th century
Alexandria in the late 18th century, by Luigi Mayer
Murad Bey by Dutertre in Description de l'Egypte, 1809
Battle of the Pyramids, Francois-Louis-Joseph Watteau, 1798–1799