This figure's 1839 victory at Nezid against Sultan Mahmud confirmed the territorial gains he'd made six years earlier; the Convention of London later took away that territory, but made his title of Viceroy hereditary.
This figure's 1839 victory at Nezid against Sultan Mahmud confirmed the territorial gains he'd made six years earlier; the Convention of London later took away that territory, but made his title of Viceroy hereditary. He had earlier acted on behalf of Mahmud in clearing the Wahhabis out of the Hejaz and conquering Sudan. His most significant power grab occurred in 1811 when he invited 300 Mameluke leaders to a banquet, and as they returned, killed them in the streets of Cairo. For ten points, name this Egyptian leader who almost took Greece back for Islam before his fleet was drubbed by the British in 1827 at Navarino.
This figure's 1839 victory at Nezid against Sultan Mahmud confirmed the territorial gains he'd made six years earlier; the Convention of London later took away that territory, but made his title of Viceroy hereditary.
{Muhammad Ali} (or {Mehmet Ali}; prompt on partial name)