Khedivate of Egypt

Khedivate of Egypt الْخُدَيْوِيَّةُ الْمِصْرِيَّةُ (Arabic) Khidywyt-al Misr خدیویت مصر (Ottoman Turkish) Hıdiviyet-i Mısır
1867–1914
Flag (1867–1881) Flag (1881–1914) Coat of arms
Anthem: (1871–1914) Salam Affandina
Egypt and its expansion in the 19th century.
Status	autonomous vassal of the Ottoman Empire, de facto independent and sovereign state (1867–1914) (under British military occupation from 1882)
Capital	Cairo
Common languages	Arabic, Ottoman Turkish, Albanian, Greek,[1] French, English[a]
Religion	Sunni Islam, Coptic Christianity
Government	Constitutional monarchy
Khedive
• 1867–1879	Isma'il Pasha
• 1879–1892	Tewfik Pasha
• 1892–1914	Abbas II
British Consul-General
• 1883–1907	Evelyn Baring
• 1907–1911	Eldon Gorst
• 1911–1914	Herbert Kitchener
Prime Minister
• 1878–1879 (first)	Nubar Pasha
• 1914 (last)	Hussein Roshdy Pasha
Historical era	Scramble for Africa
• Established	8 June 1867
• Suez Canal opened	17 November 1869
• Urabi revolt	1881–1882
• British invasion in the Anglo-Egyptian War	July – September 1882
• Sudan Convention	18 January 1899
• Disestablished	19 December 1914
Area
• Total	5,000,000 km2 (1,900,000 sq mi)
Population
• 1882[b]	6,805,000
• 1897[b]	9,715,000
• 1907[b]	11,287,000
Currency	Egyptian pound
Preceded by Succeeded by Egypt Eyalet Sultanate of Darfur Ottoman Empire Sultanate of Egypt Mahdist Sudan
^ a. English became the sole official language in 1898.[2] ^ b. Area and density include inhabited areas only. The total area of Egypt, including deserts, is 994,000 km2, however, the size of the Khedivate of Egypt consisted so many other territories, and was approximately 5,000,000 km2.[3][4]

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The Khedivate of Egypt (Arabic: الْخُدَيْوِيَّةُ الْمِصْرِيَّةُ or خُدَيْوِيَّةُ مِصْرَ, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [xedeˈwejjet mɑsˤɾ]; Ottoman Turkish: خدیویت مصر Hıdiviyet-i Mısır) was an autonomous tributary state of the Ottoman Empire, established and ruled by the Muhammad Ali Dynasty following the defeat and expulsion of Napoleon Bonaparte's forces which brought an end to the short-lived French occupation of Lower Egypt. The Khedivate of Egypt had also expanded to control present-day Sudan, South Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, northwestern Somalia, northeastern Ethiopia, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Greece, Cyprus, southern and central Turkey, in addition to parts from Libya, Chad, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Uganda, as well as northwestern Saudi Arabia, parts of Yemen and the Kingdom of Hejaz.^[5][6]

The United Kingdom invaded and took control in 1882. In 1914, the Ottoman Empire connection was ended and Britain established a protectorate called the Sultanate of Egypt.