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Ali Bey al-Kabir (Arabic: علي بك الكبير, romanized: ʿAlī Bey al-Kābīr, Georgian: ალი ბეი ალ-ქაბირი; 1728 – 8 May 1773) was a Mamluk leader in Egypt. Nicknamed Jinn Ali ("Ali the Devil") and Bulut Kapan ("Cloud-Catcher"), [1] Ali Bey rose to prominence in 1768 when he rebelled against his ...
'Ali Bey Al-Kabir and the Jews. John W. Livingston. In order to finance military campaigns in Upper Egypt, the Hejaz and Syria (1769-71), 'Ali Bey al-KabIr, Mamluk ruler of Ottoman Egypt (1760-72), resorted to murder, extortion, confiscation and extra-legal taxation.
Ali Bey al-Kabir was a Mamluk leader in Egypt. Nicknamed Jinn Ali and Bulut Kapan ("Cloud-Catcher"), Ali Bey rose to prominence in 1768 when he rebelled against his Ottoman rulers, making the Egypt Eyalet of the Ottoman Empire independent for a short time.
Nafisa al-Bayda (fl. 1768 - 1816), was the spouse of the Egyptian Mamluk leaders Ali Bey al-Kabir and Murad Bey. She has been referred to as the most famous Mamluk woman in 18th-century Egypt.
May 24, 2024 · One of the most notable figures of this period was Bulutkapan Ali Bey (Ali Bey al-Kabir), known for his efforts to establish a semi-autonomous administration in Egypt. Ali Bey, originally brought to Egypt as a slave from the Caucasus, quickly rose to become a significant leader.
Dec 24, 2009 · By listing the amīrs in this way al-Jabartī gives the impression that 'Alī Bey Bulut Kapan became shaykh al-balad immediately after Ḥusayn Bey al-Ṣābūnji, since he completely neglects to mention the rule of 'Alī Bey al-Ghazzāwī and the Qāzdughlī amīrs he appointed during his two years of power.
This text, compiled by editor Jane Hathaway to appeal to the general reader as well as scholars of Egypt and the Ottoman Empire, is a collection of excerpts from al-Jabarti’s history, providing a multifaceted overview of Egyptian society during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
