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How to pronounce khedive in English?

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Type of vicereine, viceroy

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There was also trouble in Egypt, where a discredited khedive had to be deposed.
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Surprised, he made no attempt at resistance, and Tewfik was at once proclaimed khedive.
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When he decides to send an agent to the khedive immediately, Clarissa suggests he send Charles.
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The khedive of Egypt made Bahr al Ghazal his province in 1864.
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In 1873 a further firman placed the khedive in many respects in the position of an independent sovereign.
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The khedive was deposed in 1879 in favour of his son.
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Khedive power was then restored as the authority of Egypt.
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Among Mohammed Ali's successors, the most influential was Isma'il Pasha who became khedive in 1863.
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Their attitude toward the khedive, whom they regarded as a corrupt and incompetent figurehead, was anything but romantic.
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