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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as khedival.

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  • Informal empire had indulged a khedivial tyranny that had crashed in debt and revolution.

    Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

  • Informal empire had indulged a khedivial tyranny that had crashed in debt and revolution.

    Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

  • Informal empire had indulged a khedivial tyranny that had crashed in debt and revolution.

    Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

  • Three months after resigning in disgust, Gordon returned to the khedivial suite at the Abdin Palace, charmed by a telegram from his “affectionate Ismail,” begging that he “complete the work which we began together.”

    Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

  • Adroitly, Cromer prevailed upon Khedive Abbas II to issue a letter to Constantinople, promising that Britain intended only to restore lost khedivial territories, and so was acting well within its treaty rights.

    Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

  • Three months after resigning in disgust, Gordon returned to the khedivial suite at the Abdin Palace, charmed by a telegram from his “affectionate Ismail,” begging that he “complete the work which we began together.”

    Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

  • Three months after resigning in disgust, Gordon returned to the khedivial suite at the Abdin Palace, charmed by a telegram from his “affectionate Ismail,” begging that he “complete the work which we began together.”

    Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

  • Adroitly, Cromer prevailed upon Khedive Abbas II to issue a letter to Constantinople, promising that Britain intended only to restore lost khedivial territories, and so was acting well within its treaty rights.

    Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

  • Adroitly, Cromer prevailed upon Khedive Abbas II to issue a letter to Constantinople, promising that Britain intended only to restore lost khedivial territories, and so was acting well within its treaty rights.

    Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

  • Ismailia palace (a khedivial residence), the British consulate general, the palace of the khedive's mother, the medical school and the government hospital.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various

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