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Oriental Crisis of 1840

Oriental Crisis of 1840
Part of Egyptian–Ottoman War (1839–1841)
Date Summer-November 1840
Location Nile Delta, Beirut, Acre
Result Convention of London enforced by allied powers while Muhammad Ali Pasha secures his position in Egypt
Belligerents
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland United Kingdom
 Austrian Empire
 Prussia
 Russian Empire
 Ottoman Empire
Egypt Province of Egypt
Commanders and leaders

Austrian Empire Archduke Friedrich United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Admiral Stopford

Egypt Muhammad Ali


Austrian Empire Archduke Friedrich United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Admiral Stopford

Egypt Muhammad Ali

The Oriental Crisis of 1840 was an episode in the Egyptian–Ottoman War in the eastern Mediterranean, triggered by the self-declared Khedive of Egypt and Sudan Muhammad Ali Pasha's aims to establish a personal empire in the Ottoman province of Egypt.


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