Ottoman Egypt
Videos
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
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
The First Egyptian–Ottoman War or First Syrian War was a military conflict between the Ottoman Empire and Egypt brought about by Muhammad Ali Pasha's demand to the Sublime Porte for control of Greater
Ottoman Egypt
…the Muhammad Ali dynasty remained nominally an Ottoman province. In reality, it was practically independent and went to war twice with the empire, from 1831 to 1833 and again from 1839 to 1841. The Ottoman sultan granted Egypt the status of an autonomous vassal state or Khedivate in 1867. Isma'il Pasha (Khedive…
The Attack of Ibrahim Pasha against Messolonghi by Giuseppe Mazzola
Territory controlled by Muhammad Ali of Egypt following the peace settlement with Mahmud II in 1833.