Wāli of Egypt

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The Wāli of Egypt was the Ottoman-appointed governor of Egypt, a powerful provincial ruler who often exercised significant autonomy from the central empire.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ottoman provincial governorship ⓘ
governor ⓘ
political office ⓘ
appliesToTerritory Egypt ⓘ
appointedBy Sultan of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Muhammad Ali’s reforms in Egypt ⓘ
Ottoman conquest of Egypt ⓘ
associatedWithInstitution Egyptian provincial divan ⓘ
Ottoman army in Egypt ⓘ
capital Cairo ⓘ
country Ottoman Empire ⓘ
degreeOfAutonomy high, especially in the 19th century ⓘ
endTime 1867 ⓘ
governingSystem Ottoman eyalet system ⓘ
governmentalFunction defense of Egypt for the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
implementation of Ottoman imperial policy in Egypt ⓘ
maintenance of order in Egypt ⓘ
governs Egypt Eyalet ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver judicial matters in Egypt ⓘ
military affairs in Egypt ⓘ
provincial administration in Egypt ⓘ
tax collection in Egypt ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver Egypt ⓘ
historicalContext Ottoman–Mamluk power transition in Egypt ⓘ
languageOfAdministration Arabic ⓘ
languageOfOffice Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
legalStatus viceroy ⓘ
notableOfficeHolder Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Ibrahim Pasha

Kavalalı dynasty rulers ⓘ
Muhammad Ali Pasha ⓘ
officeHierarchyLevel provincial governor ⓘ
officeType hereditary de facto in later period ⓘ
non-hereditary de jure Ottoman office ⓘ
oftenCharacterizedAs semi-autonomous ruler ⓘ
partOf Ottoman provincial administration ⓘ
precededBy Mamluk Sultan of Egypt ⓘ
relatedOffice Bey of Tunis ⓘ
Vali of Baghdad ⓘ
religionContext Sunni Islam-dominated administration ⓘ
replacedBy Khedive of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Khedive
reportsTo Porte (Ottoman central government) ⓘ
linked to: Sublime Porte
residence Cairo ⓘ
selectionMethod appointment by imperial decree (firman) ⓘ
startTime 1517 ⓘ
subordinateTo Sultan of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman sultan
taxationRole collection and remittance of taxes to Istanbul ⓘ
timePeriod Ottoman period in Egypt ⓘ
titleUsedBy Muhammad Ali Pasha until 1867 ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ibrahim Pasha → positionHeld → Wāli of Egypt ⓘ
Muhammad Ali of Egypt → title → Khedive of Egypt (de facto) ⓘ
linked to: Wāli of Egypt
Saʿid Pasha → positionHeld → Wāli of Egypt ⓘ
Sinan Pasha → positionHeld → Beylerbey of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Wāli of Egypt
محمد علي باشا → المنصب → والي مصر ⓘ
linked to: Wāli of Egypt
Ali Bey al-Kabir → positionHeld → shaykh al-balad of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Wāli of Egypt
Khursheed Pasha → positionHeld → Wali of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Wāli of Egypt
Khedive → deFactoPredecessorTitle → Wali of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Wāli of Egypt