Bolukbashi(Muhammad Ali of Egypt)

Bolukbashi

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Time: 18th Century

Place: Kavala, Ottoman Empire (Present-Day Kavala, Greece)

Details: His mother was Zeynep, the daughter of the "Ayan of Kavala" Çorbaci Husain Agha. When his father died at a young age, Muhammad was taken and raised by his uncle with his cousins. As a reward for Muhammad Ali's hard work, his uncle gave him the rank of "Bolukbashi" for the collection of taxes in the town of Kavala.

‹ Earlier in historyJuly 1780 TyphoonJul, 1780 Later in history ›Christian Gottlob Neefe1780s

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