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| | Egypt - Egypt And The Porte |
 | | Although the settlement of 1840-1 had made Egypt virtually independent, the official relation of its ruler to the Porte was still nominally that of a provincial vali, or governor-general, whose powers were indeed larger, but his grade little if at all higher, than that of the governor of Baghdad. |
 | | to 675,000 he received the title and rank of Khédivel-Misr (King of Egypt) commonly called Khedive--and the succession to the throne was made direct from father to son, instead of descending to the eldest agnate of the family of Mehemet Ali, as had been fixed by the treaty of 1840. |
 | | With few (and certainly unconfessed) exceptions, "Egypt for the Egyptians " is now unmistakably the national aspiration, and no one who knows the country can doubt that, if the Khedive were to proclaim his independence to-morrow, he would be supported by every class of the population. |
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