Khedive

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• In Egypt, Ibsen's first visit to Egypt was in 1869, two years after finishing PG, when he was a member of the Scandinavian delegation invited by the Khedive to celebrate the opening of the Suez Canal.

  Academic text (1995)

• Even the Khedive was appalled.

  Khartoum (1966)

• General Gordon goes to Khartoum... as Governor General for the Khedive.

  Khartoum (1966)

• Under Khedive Ismail, over a tenfold increase in the educational budget further expanded the requisite resources for culture producers.

  Academic text (2002)

• The Khedive also supported academic journals, including Rawdat al-madaris, that aided the spread of science and scholarship among Egyptians.

  Academic text (2002)

• Three days ago, the tour group met for the first time in the old wing of the Mena Palace, the 19th-century hunting lodge of the Khedive Ismail Pasha set at the foot of the Giza plateau.

  Academic text (2010)

• The pleas of Muhammad Ali's great-grandson, the Khedive Tewfik, who detested the Egyptian government of the time, were another pretext for a British bombardment of the city and the landing of British forces.

  Academic text (2010)

• As the Khedive, he was responsible for overseeing the administration of Egypt under Ottoman authority.

• Under the leadership of the Khedive, the construction of the Suez Canal was a major achievement for Egypt.

Synonyms

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pasha

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A senior government or army official in the Ottoman Empire

is a specific viceroy title governing Egypt from 1867 to 1914 under Ottoman authority

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Etymology