(Also 7 quiteue.) [a. F. khédive, a. Turk. (from Pers.) khedīv, khidēv prince, sovereign.] The title of the viceroy or ruler of Egypt, accorded to Ismail Pasha in 1867 by the Turkish government.
[1625. Purchas, Pilgrims, II. IV. 1537 (Stanf.). He is called Quiteue a title royall and no proper name.]
1867. Times, 24 May, 11/1. At a council of the Turkish Cabinet, held on the 14th inst., the title to be granted to the Pasha of Egypt was at length definitely settled. His Highness is to be called ‘Khedeve,’ which is regarded as the Arabic equivalent of ‘King.’
1878. N. Amer. Rev., CXXVI. 187. A description … of the political system of the khedive.
1892. Milner, Eng. in Egypt, 44. The power of the Khedive is an emanation from the power of the Sultan.
Hence Khediva, Khediviah [Arab. [Arabic]], wife of the khedive; Khedival, Khedivial a., of or pertaining to the khedive; Khedivate, Khediviate, the office, authority or government of the khedive.
1890. Daily News, 7 Feb., 5/4. Miss E. M. Merrick … last year had the honour of painting a portrait of her Highness the Khediviah. Ibid. (1899), 4 Dec., 6/3. The Khedivah, the Khedivah mère, and their enormous entourage.
1882. Sat. Rev., 17 June, 749/1. The Khedival and Turkish portion of the Government got away … to Alexandria.
1882. Standard, 24 July, 5/1. The fine Khedivial Library … grew … into a collection of fame.
1880. Daily News, 12 July, 5/6. It seems almost as though Midhat Pacha wishes to establish a Khediviate in Syria, with himself as Khedive.
1892. Times, 15 April, 3/1. Turkish intrigues for reducing Egypt from the status of a Khedivat … to a vilayet.
