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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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)

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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