Khedive definition

kə-dēv
One of several Turkish viceroys ruling Egypt from 1867 to 1914.
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A form of Ottoman Turkish viceroy who ruled Egypt in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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The title of the Turkish viceroys of Egypt, from 1867 to 1914
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Origin of khedive

  • French khédive from Turkish hidiv from Persian khidēw lord from Middle Persian khwadāy from Old Iranian khvadāta- s(w)e- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French khédive, from Ottoman Turkish خدیو (ḫediv, ḫıdiv), from Persian خدیو (xadēw, xidēw, “lord, master, king”), from Bactrian χοαδηο (xoadēo, “lord”).

    From Wiktionary

Khedive Sentence Examples

  • Upon the military insurrection of September 1881, Sherif was summoned by the khedive Tewfik to form a new ministry.

  • After the close of the Egyptian war of 1882, he entered the khedive's service and was made a pasha.

  • The viceroy of Egypt, Ismail Pasha, followed his suzerain's example in this respect, and was lavish in his bribes to his imperial overlord to obtain the extension of his own privileges and the establishment in Egypt of succession from father to son; these concessions were granted to him by the firmans of the 27th of May 1866 and the 8th of June 1867, in the latter of which the viceroy is addressed for the first time as " khedive."

  • In May 1879 the misgovernment of Ismail Pasha and the resulting financial crisis rendered the deposition of the khedive inevitable; in order to anticipate the action of England and France, who would otherwise have expelled the erring viceroy, the sultan deposed him himself; the succession devolved upon his son Mahommed Tewfik Pasha.

  • In 1869 he declined the offer made by the khedive of the chief command of the Egyptian army.

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