Convention of Kutahya
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The Convention of Kutahya, also known as the Peace Agreement of Kutahya, ended the First Turko-Egyptian War in May 1833.[1]
[edit] Overview
Muhammad Ali of Egypt, ostensibly only a vassal state of the Ottoman Empire, had taken his newly-reformed military into a war against the Ottoman Sultan, Mahmud II, in late 1831 seeking to increase his personal power and gain control over Palestine, Syria and Arabia. He had easily overridden Turkish forces and threatened Constantinople itself. While Britain and France were sympathetic to Muhammad Ali, Nicholas I sent a Russian army to the assistance of the Turks. This intervention brought about peace by May of 1833, which left Muhammad Ali in control of Syria and Arabia.
[edit] References
- ^ >Charles Kupchan (2001). Power in Transition: The Peaceful Change of International Order. United Nations University Press, p.117.
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