This man's government reclaimed for the state the al-madbut lands formerly held by tax farmers. His teenage son Toussoun was dispatched to the Hejaz to reclaim Mecca and Medina from a Wahhabist insurgency. This victor at the Battle of Nizip introduced the farming of cotton t
This man's government reclaimed for the state the al-madbut lands formerly held by tax farmers. His teenage son Toussoun was dispatched to the Hejaz to reclaim Mecca and Medina from a Wahhabist insurgency. This victor at the Battle of Nizip introduced the farming of cotton to his country and annexed Syria, only stopping in the face of European opposition. Earlier, he sponsored Tahir Pasha's losing fleet at the last battle fought between wooden ships, Navarino. He came to power when he was put in charge of three hundred soldiers who were to fight the French occupation, and within seven years this Albanian was named wali by Selim III. For 10 points, name this governor who established an effectively independent Egypt.
This man's government reclaimed for the state the al-madbut lands formerly held by tax farmers.
Muhammad Ali [or Mehmed Ali]