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Misr (Cairo) mint. Dies dated AH 1143 (AD 1730).jpg by User:LouisAragon (uploader) (CC BY-SA 2.5)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Issue_of_Koca_Rag%C4%B1p_Pa%C5%9Fa,_w%C3%A3li_(governor)_of_Egypt,_1744-1748._Misr_(Cairo)_mint._Dies_dated_AH_1143_(AD_1730).jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Koca Ragıp Pasha, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Issue of Koca Ragıp Paşa, wãli (governor) of Egypt, 1744-1748. Misr (Cairo) mint. Dies dated AH 1143 (AD 1730).jpg — User:LouisAragon (uploader), CC BY-SA 2.5.","cite":"\"Koca Ragıp Pasha\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/koca-ragp-pasha. Retrieved 7 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T10:00:46Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-06","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/koca-ragp-pasha","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/koca-ragp-pasha","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/koca-ragp-pasha?lang=ne"}}