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Muhammad Ali of Egypt

Bolukbashi

18th Century
Kavala, Ottoman Empire (Present-Day Kavala, Greece)

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.


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