This ruler commissioned Raphaël de Monachis (“mon-ah-SHEE”) to translate The Prince, but claimed the text was useless. This ruler allowed for the establishment of a women’s medical school by Antoine Clot (“clo”), who then recruited Theodor Bilharz to research a namesake disease. This ruler sent Niqūlā al-Masābikī to Milan to study European printing presses, then tapped him to head the Būlāq Press. Apollinaire Lebas (“luh-BAH”) was charged with accepting a gift from this ruler in exchange for the donation of a clock tower at the Citadel of Saladin. This ruler’s refusal to sign the Convention of London caused the Oriental Crisis. This ruler broke ground on the Maḥmūdiyyah Canal and employed Joseph Sève (“sev”) to train a model army of Sudanese slaves captured by his son Isma‘il Pasha. This ruler established the Khedivate after Horatio Nelson’s victory at the Battle of the Nile in 1798. For 10 points, name this first Ottoman Wāli of Egypt. ■END■
ANSWER: Muhammad Ali Pasha [or Muhammad Ali of Egypt; Muhammad Ali Pasha al-Mas’ud ibn Agha; or Mehmet Ali Pasha; or Muḥammad ‘Alī Bāshā; or Kavalalı Mehmed Ali Paşa; reject “Muhammad” or “Ali”] (Bilharzia is a name for schistosomiasis. Lebas facilitated the transport of the Luxor Obelisks to France.)
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