Mehmed Ali’s army briefly conquered Hijaz, Sudan, Syria and parts of Anatolia

Evidence

Moreover, using this army Mehmed Ali managed, albeit for a short period of time, to extend his control over wide areas of the Middle East including the Hijaz, the Sudan, Syria and parts of southern Anatolia, and naturally Egypt’s relationship with these areas changed radically. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 75

Categorization

• XREF: Directly addresses the reader’s stated goal of understanding Mehmed Ali’s military expansion. — connects to: Egypt’s superior revenue extraction enabled the invasion of Syria. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1545; Mehmed Ali’s Egyptian administration was interventionist and unprecedented in the Ottoman Empire.; Mehmed Ali seized most of the Sultan’s Arabic-speaking provinces by the mid-1830s — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 187 (+6 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 75

Broader Connections

• Mehmed Ali seized most of the Sultan’s Arabic-speaking provinces by the mid-1830s #expands (0.75) — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 187
• Egypt conquered Sudan before Egypt itself existed as a nation-state, as Ottoman province #exemplifies (0.70)
• Mehmed Ali invaded Syria in 1831 without the Sultan’s consent. #expands (0.70)
• The Hijaz campaign also served to purge Ali’s unruly mamluk troops #qualifies (0.60)
• Ibrahim’s Syria capture panicked the Sultan into raising a new army #responds-to (0.55)
• The military build-up of the early 1820s was long preparation for invading Syria. #expands (0.50)