In contrast to the nationalist view according to which Mehmed Ali's efforts were frustrated by Great Britain, this final chapter argues that the Pasha's career was a highly successful one: he fought for hereditary rule for himself and for his sons who were to follow him, and this is precisely what he managed to accomplish.

XREF: Contradicts the earlier claimed 'British intervention often explains Muhammad Ali's failed experiment' (loc 41), directly overturning that nationalist reading. Pays off: "Egyptian context explains the gap between plan and execution."

Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed…, loc. 41