Visit of the Khedive the Mūled en-Nabi festivity in Cairo, Egypt, with mounted bodyguards following. The Egyptian Khedive (equivalent of viceroy) was a member of the Muhammad Ali dynasty and ruler of the Khedivate of Egypt until 1914. Mawlid (or muled in Egyptian Arabic) is the observance of the birthday of the Islamic prophet Muhammad but in some countries the term can also be used for the celebration of birthdays of local Sufi saints.