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khedive
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Khedive \Khe`dive"\, n. [F. kh['e]dive, Pers. khediw a prince.] A governor or viceroy; -- a title granted in 1867 by the sultan of Turkey to the ruler of Egypt.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Turkish viceroy of Egypt, 1867, from French khédive, from Turkish khidiv, from Persian khidiw "prince," derivative of khuda "master, prince," from Old Persian khvadata- "lord," from compound *khvat-data-, literally "created from oneself," from khvat- (from PIE *swe-tos "from oneself," ablative of root *s(w)e-; see idiom) + data- "created."
Wiktionary
n. (n-g: The title of) the monarch of Egypt in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, nominally a viceroy of the Sultan of Turkey.
Wikipedia
The term Khedive ( Hıdiv) is a title largely equivalent to the English word viceroy. It was first used, without official recognition, by Muhammad Ali Pasha (, General Muhammad Ali of Kavala), the governor of Egypt and Sudan, and vassal of the Ottoman Empire. The initially self-declared title was officially recognized by the Ottoman government in 1867, and used subsequently by Ismail Pasha, and his dynastic successors until 1914.
Usage examples of "khedive".
Even one on the General, though the ex-Chief had drawn the line on keeping one on the Khedive himself.
Besides, he was Khedive, the old man would die rather than surrender his city.
Highness Mohammed Tewfik Pasha, Khedive of El Iskandryia and also ruler of Egypt, at least in name, stopped dead.
He reached for another sheet of paper and scrawled two lines across its china-clay surface, then signed the sheet with spidery handwriting and pushed it across the desk towards the Khedive, his fingers shaking.
Koenig Pasha gave the sheet of paper to Khedive Mohammed with a slight bow.
Zara stood, staring in disbelief at each other, the study door swung back and the young Khedive stormed out, tears of frustration streaming down his soft face.
And Avatar had been assured, by a very shocked steward, that everything in the suite had been selected personally by the Khedive himself.
Ka were all that remained of a town to which a handful of nineteenth-century Mamelukes had retreated, to live under the protection of Mek Nimr, Leopard King of Shendi, after their defeat by the Albanian warlord Khedive Mohammed.
Everything was executive or above, running all the way up to the Imperial Suite, where Mohammed Tewfik Pasha, Khedive of what remained of El Iskandryia, currently occupied the whole seventh floor.
She seemed slightly embarrassed to see the Khedive, which puzzled Tewfik Pasha until he realized it might be because he was wearing nothing, at least nothing visible.
As July had slid into August and the temperatures soared and foreign film crews began to descend on the city, the entourage around the young Khedive spoke of little else.
A horrified fascination took hold of the palace, from which the Khedive had to be protected.
The Khedive glanced round his suite and then at the sunlit balcony beyond.
Colonel Abad, the Khedive had shaved away most of his beard, removing everything except the ghost of a goatee and the faintest trace of moustache.
And the hunger in her blue eyes told the Khedive exactly how this story was going to play.