Muhammad Ali dynasty | |
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Country | Egypt and Sudan |
Founded | 1805 (Muhammad Ali's seizure of power) |
Founder | Muhammad Ali Pasha |
Final ruler | Fuad II |
Titles | Wāli (unrecognised Khedive) of Egypt (1805–1867) Khedive of Egypt (1867–1914) Sultan of Egypt (1914–1922) King of Egypt (1922–1951) King of Egypt and the Sudan (1951–1953) |
Estate(s) | Egypt, Sudan, and South Sudan |
Deposition | 1953 (abolition of monarchy following the Egyptian Revolution of 1952) |
The Muhammad Ali dynasty or the Alawiyya dynasty was the ruling dynasty of Egypt and Sudan from the 19th to the mid-20th century. It is named after its progenitor, Muhammad Ali of Egypt, regarded as the founder of modern Egypt.