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Muhammad Ali

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Muhammad Ali (1769–1849) Albanian soldier who founded an Egyptian dynasty. In 1798, he took part in an Ottoman expeditionary force to Egypt to drive out the French. He was unsuccessful, but (after the departure of the French) quickly rose to power. In 1805, he was proclaimed viceroy to the Ottoman sultan. In 1811 he defeated the Mamluks, who had ruled Egypt since the 13th century. Muhammad put down a rebellion in Greece in 1821, but his fleet was later destroyed by the European powers at the Battle of Navarino (1827). He challenged the sultan and began a conquest of Syria in 1831, but was compelled to withdraw by European powers.

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