Muhammad Ali (4 March 1769 – 2 August 1849) was the Ottoman Albanian governor and de facto ruler of Egypt from 1805 to 1848, considered the founder of modern Egypt. At the height of his rule, he controlled Egypt, Sudan, Hejaz, Najd, the Levant, Crete and parts of Greece.
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4 March 1769 Kavala, Macedonia (present-day Greece)
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2 August 1849 (aged 80) Ras el-Tin Palace, Alexandria, Egypt Eyalet, Ottoman Empire
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