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Khayr Bey

Ottoman governor

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history of Egypt

In Egypt: The Ottoman conquest
…on by the Mamluk traitor Khayr Bey, Selim marched against Egypt in 1517, defeated the Mamluks, and installed Khayr Bey as Ottoman governor. Khayr Bey died in 1522; thereafter, the Ottoman viceroy (called vali), with the title of pasha, was sent from Constantinople.
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