khedive
IPA: kˈɛdɪv
noun
- The title of the hereditary monarch of Egypt from 1805–1914, nominally ruling as a viceroy of the Sultan of Turkey.
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Examples of "khedive" in Sentences
- He had been made a pasha by the khedive in 1881.
- Zubayr then offered the region as a province to the khedive.
- Khedive is an unincorporated settlement within the rural municipality.
- As for the second half, Dramali did not belong to the Khedive dynasty.
- The Khedive asked for Gordon to succeed Baker as governor of the region.
- There wasn't even a nominal local ruler such as a khedive or a maharajah.
- He persuades the khedive to accept Myers' check in exchange for the shares.
- In 1869, at the request of the Khedive, he wrote a brief plot for an opera.
- The Khedive Abbas II supported the Ottomans, and was deposed by the British.
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