History of Egypt under the Muhammad Ali dynasty
The history of Egypt under the Muhammad Ali dynasty (1805–1953) spanned the later period of Ottoman Egypt, the Khedivate of Egypt under British occupation, and the nominally independent Sultanate of Egypt and Kingdom of Egypt, ending with the Revolution of 1952 and the formation of the Republic of Egypt.
Muhammad Ali Pasha
1881 drawing of the Suez Canal
Muhammad Ali was the Ottoman Albanian governor and de facto ruler of Egypt from 1805 to 1848, considered the founder of modern Egypt. At the height of his rule, he controlled Egypt, Sudan, Hejaz, Najd, the Levant, Crete and parts of Greece.
Portrait by Auguste Couder, 1840
Muhammad Ali's birthplace in Kavala, now in northeastern Greece.
Massacre of the Mamelukes at the Cairo citadel by Horace Vernet.
Muhammad Ali by Jean-François Portaels, 1847