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Ali Bey, was able to rise to his
position of authority as Shayk Al Balad, or the governor of Cairo in 1763
because of the governing system imposed on Egypt by the conquering
Ottomans. But he was forced to flee to Arabia.
Becoming the strongest of the Mameluke beys, Ali Bey won back his position
of Shayk Al-Balad. When war broke out between Russia and Turkey, Ali Bey
declared Egypt’s independence and proposed to fight on the Russian side
and refused to pay any more money to the Ottomans. Next, he invaded Syria.
But he was betrayed by his rival Ismail Bey and killed in 1773. Ismail
returned Egypt to the Ottoman control, but it still remained in the hands
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