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Khedive (from Persian for "lord", also known as " Viceroy ") was a title created in 1867 by the Ottoman Sultan Abd-ul-Aziz for the then-governor of Egypt , Ismail Pasha . From 1882 Egypt was a British dependency. When World War I broke out in 1914, Egypt belonged to Turkey and was ruled by a ''Khedive''. Egypt had gained the position after Mehemet Ali led a rebellion against the Ottoman sultan and became the ruler of Egypt. Ismail's son Tewfik Pasha inherited the title, as did Tewfik's son Abbas . Abbas was deposed by the British in 1914 , and the title ended with him. Later rulers were known as Pasha s. After Turkey sided with Germany in World War I , however Britain deposed the Khedive and declared Egypt a British Protectorate . |