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Muhammad Bey Abu al-Dhahab

d. 1775 · 18th century

Muhammad Bey Abu al-Dhahab was a Mamluk commander in Ottoman Egypt and the protégé of Ali Bey al-Kabir. He crushed the Hawwara of Upper Egypt in 1769 and conquered Damascus for Ali Bey in 1771, but then turned against his master, who was defeated and died in 1773. He ruled Egypt himself and died during a campaign in Palestine in 1775.

Muhammad Bey Abu al-Dhahab
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Hawwara emirate

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