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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 (10[1])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 (10[1])with accepting a gift from this ruler in exchange for the donation (-5[1])of a clock tower (-5[1])at the (-5[2])Citadel of Saladin. This ruler’s refusal to sign the Convention of London caused the Oriental Crisis. (-5[1])This ruler broke ground on the Maḥmūdiyyah Canal and (10[1])employed Joseph Sève (“sev”) to train (10[1])a model army of Sudanese slaves (10[1])captured by his son (10[1])Isma‘il (10[1])Pasha. (10[2])This ruler established (10[1])the Khedivate (10[1])after Horatio Nelson’s (10[1])victory (10[1])at the Battle of the Nile in 1798. For 10 points, (10[1])name this first Ottoman Wāli of Egypt. ■END■ (10[3]0[3])

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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