A force of 53,000 Ottoman troops under Reşid Mehmed Pasha advanced on Ibrahim’s 15,000 Egyptians, who completely routed the larger army and captured Reşid.

Evidence

Battle of Konya (Omniatlas Historical Atlas of Europe)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The Sultan mobilized an 80,000-man army but Ibrahim still crushed it at Konia.; The Ottoman army numbered ~50,000, far larger than Ibrahim’s forces, but was better-led and trained by the Egyptians and lost 3,000 dead and 5,000 captured, the commander captured. — Battle of Konya (1832); The Ottoman army numbered 50,000 and lost 3,000 dead and 5,000 taken prisoner; Ibrahim’s army of 15,000 were the ‘most experienced and disciplined’ force, with Reşid Mehmed Pasha captured. — Battle of Konya (+4 more)

Related

• The Ottoman army numbered 50,000 and lost 3,000 dead and 5,000 taken prisoner; Ibrahim’s army of 15,000 were the ‘most experienced and disciplined’ force, with Reşid Mehmed Pasha captured. (similarity 0.97)
• The Ottoman army numbered ~50,000, far larger than Ibrahim’s forces, but was better-led and trained by the Egyptians and lost 3,000 dead and 5,000 captured, the commander captured. (similarity 0.96)
• Ibrahim’s smaller army thoroughly routed the larger Ottoman force under Reshid Mehmed Pasha at Konya, capturing the grand vizier. (similarity 0.92)
• The Grand Vizier’s new army numbered almost 50,000 troops of ‘indifferent quality,’ while Ibrahim’s well-trained western-style army of under 30,000 won decisively at Konia. (similarity 0.90)
• Ibrahim routed an 80,000-man Ottoman army at Konia (similarity 0.87)
• The Sultan organized a new army of 80,000 men under Reshid Mehmed Pasha in a last-ditch attempt to block Ibrahim’s advance. (similarity 0.86)
• Konia pitted 53,000 Ottomans against just 15,000 Egyptians and thirty-six guns. (similarity 0.86)
• Ibrahim’s Egyptian army routed the Ottoman force at Konia in December 1832 (similarity 0.85)
• Ibrahim Pasha crushed an Ottoman army three times his size at Konia in 1832. (similarity 0.84)
• Victory at Konia netted 10,000 prisoners and the Ottoman grand vizier (similarity 0.83)
• Konia left the road to Istanbul undefended for Ibrahim (similarity 0.82)
• At Konia the Egyptians captured the Ottoman commander-in-chief with minimal losses. (similarity 0.82)
• Ibrahim struck Konia before Ottoman army sections could concentrate (similarity 0.81)
• Some 20,000 Albanians and Bosnians whose recent revolts had been crushed were pressed into service in Resid Mehmed Pasha’s army that countered the invading Egyptians in 1832-33, with hostages… (similarity 0.81)
• The Sultan mobilized an 80,000-man army but Ibrahim still crushed it at Konia. (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Ibrahim Pasha defeated a 53,000-man Ottoman army at Konia with only 15,000 men #corroborates (0.95)
• Ottoman forces at Konia outnumbered Ibrahim’s army over three to one #corroborates (0.80)