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Khedive (governor) of Egypt 1866-79. A
grandson of Mehemet Ali, he became viceroy of
Egypt in 1863 and in 1866 received the title
of khedive from the Ottoman sultan. He
amassed huge foreign debts and in 1875
Britain, at Prime Minister Disraeli's
suggestion, bought the khedive's Suez Canal
shares for nearly million, establishing
Anglo-French control of Egypt's finances. In
1879 the UK and France persuaded the sultan
to appoint Tewfik, his son, khedive in his
place.