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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Surface form Occurrences
Khedive of Egypt (de facto) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ottoman provincial governorship
governor
political office
appliesToTerritory Egypt NERFINISHED
appointedBy Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
associatedWithEvent Muhammad Ali’s reforms in Egypt
Ottoman conquest of Egypt NERFINISHED
associatedWithInstitution Egyptian provincial divan NERFINISHED
Ottoman army in Egypt NERFINISHED
capital Cairo NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
hasAuthorityOver judicial matters in Egypt
military affairs in Egypt
provincial administration in Egypt
tax collection in Egypt
hasJurisdictionOver Egypt NERFINISHED
historicalContext Ottoman–Mamluk power transition in Egypt NERFINISHED
languageOfAdministration Arabic
languageOfOffice Ottoman Turkish NERFINISHED
legalStatus viceroy
notableOfficeHolder Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt NERFINISHED
Kavalalı dynasty rulers
Muhammad Ali Pasha NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
Vali of Baghdad NERFINISHED
religionContext Sunni Islam-dominated administration
replacedBy Khedive of Egypt NERFINISHED
reportsTo Porte (Ottoman central government) NERFINISHED
residence Cairo NERFINISHED
selectionMethod appointment by imperial decree (firman)
startTime 1517
subordinateTo Sultan of the Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED
taxationRole collection and remittance of taxes to Istanbul
timePeriod Ottoman period in Egypt
titleUsedBy Muhammad Ali Pasha until 1867

Referenced by (3)

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Ibrahim Pasha positionHeld Wāli of Egypt
Muhammad Ali of Egypt title Wāli of Egypt
this entity surface form: Khedive of Egypt (de facto)
Saʿid Pasha positionHeld Wāli of Egypt