Ali Pasha

[ ah-lee pah-shah ]

noun

1. Arslan, 1741–1822, Turkish pasha and ruler of Albania 1787?–1820.

Ali Pasha

/ ˈɑːliː ˈpɑːʃə /

noun

1. Ali Pasha17411822MTurkishAlbanianPOLITICS: hereditary ruler known as the Lion of Janina. 1741–1822, Turkish pasha and ruler of Albania (1787–1820), who was deposed and assassinated after intriguing against Turkey

Example Sentences

Long preserved by dry air and low population density, the slow-burning deterioration of Egypt’s antiquities hastened under Muhammad Ali Pasha, Egypt’s ruler in the first half of the 1800s.

From New York Times

The industry flourished during the rule of Mohamed Ali Pasha, an Ottoman army officer who seized power in Egypt in 1805.

From Reuters

He survived multiple assassination attempts, held power longer than anyone since Muhammad Ali Pasha, the founder of the modern Egyptian state, suppressed a wave of terrorism by Islamic fundamentalists, and seemed even to defy aging.

From New York Times

“Mubarak had once appeared invincible. He had survived multiple assassination attempts, held power longer than anyone since Muhammad Ali Pasha, the founder of the modern Egyptian state, suppressed a wave of terrorism by Islamic fundamentalists and appeared even to defy the gravity of age,” the New York Times notes.

From Slate

Armenians began settling in Egypt in the Fatimid era from the 10th to 12th Centuries and were given a piece of land by Mohamed Ali Pasha in 1844 in an area now known as old Islamic Cairo.

From Reuters