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biography
pronunciation:
[alee bay]
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| (1728–73)
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| Egyptian ruler, a slave from the Caucasus who distinguished himself in the service of Ibrahim Katkhuda and rose to be chief of the Mamluks. Victorious in the power-struggle that followed the death of Ibrahim in 1754, he had himself declared sultan (1768) and proceeded to establish in Egypt an adminstration independent of Ottoman overlordship. Defeated by Ottoman forces in 1772, he was forced to take refuge in Syria. Under him Egypt briefly achieved independence for the first time in more than 200 years. |
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