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HistoryMehmed III's reign sinks into the empire's worst weakness: a feud between two grand viziers, the revolt of the Firaris,...
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HistoryAhmed I's reign belongs to the harem: Kösem sells offices, the Safavids take Baghdad, and after his death the mad Mustaf...
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HistoryThe Köprülü era revives the empire: a cook turned grand vizier crushes revolts and beats Venice and Austria, until a hun...
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HistoryA runaway Mamluk named Ali Bey al-Kabir rises in Cairo while a sheikh of Upper Egypt, Hammam bin Yusuf, builds an indepe...
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HistoryThe generosity, justice and rise of Sheikh of the Arabs Hammam in Upper Egypt, and the betrayal that brought down the on...
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HistoryAli Bey al-Kabir builds the first real Egyptian army since Tuman Bay and marches on Syria, until his right-hand man Muha...
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HistoryMuhammad Ali Pasha rises from Kavala to rule Egypt, wins over Cairo's streets and drives the British out of Rosetta in 1...
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HistoryMuhammad Ali wipes out the Mamluks in the 1811 citadel massacre, builds Egypt's industry, army and first fleet, and take...
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HistoryThe Greek revolution forces Mahmoud II to call on Muhammad Ali, whose fleet is shattered at Navarino in 1827 — and Alger...
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HistoryWhile still busy with the Ottoman state, the great scholar Mohamed Ali searched for a pretext to march on Syria — until...
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HistoryThe Egyptian army under Ibrahim Pasha advances into the Belen passes, seizes the Ottoman artillery, and marches on Anato...
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HistoryRussia and then Europe intervene as the Egyptian army camps 70 kilometres from the Sultan's throne, ending in the humili...