Mehmed Ali’s ignorance of European politics persisted unchanged from 1827 to 1839

Evidence

During the Morean war he wrote to Nagib Efendi in Istanbul telling him “although I may be well versed in European mercantile affairs, I am ignorant when it comes to its political situation” (Bahr Barra 12/7, on 14 Ra 1243/6 October 1827). To contemplate that Britain might be agreeing with Russia on the partition of the Ottoman Empire shows that he was still as ignorant of the European “political situation” in 1839 as he had been fifteen years earlier. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1633

Categorization

Category: Factual Claims

• DEFINE: Pinpoints the specific sense of ‘political situation’ Mehmed Ali admitted ignorance of.

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• By 1827 united European powers threatened to confront Mehmed Ali over Greece (similarity 0.79)