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... Mehemet Ali and the foundation of Port Said ( c . 1860 ) , their trade declined . The other ports of Egypt are Suez ( q.v. ) , pop . 18,347 , at the south entrance of the canal , Kosseir ( 794 ) on the Red Sea , the seat of the trade ...
... Mehemet Ali and the foundation of Port Said ( c . 1860 ) , their trade declined . The other ports of Egypt are Suez ( q.v. ) , pop . 18,347 , at the south entrance of the canal , Kosseir ( 794 ) on the Red Sea , the seat of the trade ...
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... Mehemet Ali ( c . 1820 ) that perennial irrigation began . High land near the banks of the Nile which cannot be reached by canals is irrigated by raising water from the Nile by steam - pumps , water - wheels ( sakias ) worked by ...
... Mehemet Ali ( c . 1820 ) that perennial irrigation began . High land near the banks of the Nile which cannot be reached by canals is irrigated by raising water from the Nile by steam - pumps , water - wheels ( sakias ) worked by ...
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... Mehemet Ali banished them to Esna , in Upper Egypt ; and the few that remained in Cairo called themselves Awalim , to avoid punishment . Many of the dancing - girls of Cairo to - day are neither ' Awalim nor Ghawāzi , but women of the ...
... Mehemet Ali banished them to Esna , in Upper Egypt ; and the few that remained in Cairo called themselves Awalim , to avoid punishment . Many of the dancing - girls of Cairo to - day are neither ' Awalim nor Ghawāzi , but women of the ...
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... Mehemet Ali , a small tobacconist of Kavala , Macedonia , coming with Albanian mercenaries , made himself governor , and later ( 1811 ) , by massacring the Mamelukes , became the actual master of the country , and after seven years ...
... Mehemet Ali , a small tobacconist of Kavala , Macedonia , coming with Albanian mercenaries , made himself governor , and later ( 1811 ) , by massacring the Mamelukes , became the actual master of the country , and after seven years ...
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... Mehemet Ali , but their fighting value was not then duly appreciated . Prior to the death of the khalifa , many of his soldiers deserted to join their brethren who had been captured by the sirdar's troops , during the gradual advance up ...
... Mehemet Ali , but their fighting value was not then duly appreciated . Prior to the death of the khalifa , many of his soldiers deserted to join their brethren who had been captured by the sirdar's troops , during the gradual advance up ...
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