The
Muhammad Ali dynasty (
Usrat Muhammad 'Ali;
Albanian:
Dinastia e Muhamed (Mehmet) Ali Pashës;
Turkish:
Mehmet Ali Pasa Hanedani,
Kavalalilar Hanedani) was the ruling dynasty of
Egypt and
Sudan, from the 19th to the mid-20th Century. It is named after its progenitor,
Muhammad Ali Pasha, regarded as the founder of modern Egypt. It was also more formally known as the
Alawiyya dynasty (
al-Usra al-'Alawiyya). Because a majority of the rulers from this dynasty bore the title
Khedive, it was often referred to by contemporaries as the 'Khedival dynasty'.