// Modern era
Khedivate of Egypt
- Period
- AD 1866 – AD 1884
- Duration
- approx. 18 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 1877
- Area (max.)
- approx. 3 million km²
Period and duration
Khedivate of Egypt — according to the map data from AD 1866 to AD 1884, roughly 18 years. The dates refer to the time the empire is drawn as its own territory on the world map; historians sometimes date its founding and end differently.
Greatest extent
Khedivate of Egypt — greatest extent around AD 1877: the mapped borders then cover about 3 million km², roughly 2% of Earth's land area. The area is calculated from the border lines of the map and is therefore an approximation.
Predecessors and successors
States that ruled the same territory directly before and after:
Before (AD 1865)
- Muhammad Ali dynasty
- Sultanate of Darfur
After
Neighbours around AD 1877
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- British Empire
- British Colonial Empire
- United States of America
- Ottoman Empire
- Qajar Dynasty
- French Third Republic
- Netherlands
- Spanish Empire
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 1877 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Khedivate of Egypt on Wikipedia
- All 300 empires at a glance
Borders and dates: Cliopatria / Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coastlines: Natural Earth. Text: Centaurian.