khedive

Egyptian title

Also known as: hidiv, khidīw, khidīwī

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Turkish:: hidiv

Arabic:: khidīwī

From the Persian:: khidīw

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khedive, title granted by the Ottoman sultan Abdülaziz to the hereditary pasha of Egypt, Ismāʿīl, in 1867. Derived from a Persian term for “lord” or “ruler,” the title was subsequently used by Ismāʿīl’s successors, Tawfīq and ʿAbbās II, although it had been used informally by his predecessors before that. It was replaced by the title of sultan in 1914, when Egypt became a British protectorate.

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