Mehmed Ali’s Syrian campaign ran from 1831 to 1840.

Evidence

Less than ten years later these words would prove to be most prophetic. In 1833, indeed, Mehmed Ali appeared as the most important vali in the Ottoman Empire, his strength and resources favorably competing with those of the Sultan himself. By the mid-1830s the Pasha had carved a small empire for himself at the expense of the Sultan’s own dominions. After firmly entrenching himself in Egypt he extended his control to Syria, the Hijaz, the Sudan, Crete and most of Yemen and Eastern Arabia, that is, most of the Sultan’s Arabic-speaking lands and some of his wealthiest provinces. Having wiped out two huge armies that the Sultan had mustered to confront him with, his forces then penetrated the heartland of the Ottoman Empire, Anatolia, and threatened the capital itself. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 187 (#expands, via linked claim)

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 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: A major Syrian rebellion in 1834 took Ibrahim over a year to suppress; Mehmed Ali invaded Syria in 1831 without the Sultan’s consent.; 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 (+1 more)

Related

• Mehmed Ali seized most of the Sultan’s Arabic-speaking provinces by the mid-1830s (similarity 0.90)
• Mehmed Ali’s army briefly conquered Hijaz, Sudan, Syria and parts of Anatolia (similarity 0.89)
• Mehmed Ali’s armies defeated two Ottoman forces and threatened Anatolia by the mid-1830s. (similarity 0.85)
• Syria was Mehmed Ali’s primary conquest target from his career’s start (similarity 0.83)
• Mehmed Ali cited Ottoman neglect as his justification for invading Syria (similarity 0.82)
• Mehmed Ali leveraged his Hijaz campaign to meddle in Syria’s politics by 1810 (similarity 0.82)
• Mehmed Ali repeatedly petitioned for the eyalet of Damascus between 1812 and 1815. (similarity 0.82)
• Mehmed Ali’s Syria invasion combined sincere reformism with insoluble Ottoman loyalty tensions (similarity 0.82)
• Mehmed Ali invaded Syria in 1831 without the Sultan’s consent. (similarity 0.81)
• Mehmed Ali leveraged military readiness to influence Syrian politics by 1810 (similarity 0.81)
• The military build-up of the early 1820s was long preparation for invading Syria. (similarity 0.81)
• Mehmed Ali invaded Syria partly because the Sultan denied him Syria as a reward (similarity 0.81)
• Ottoman sultans distrusted Mehmed Ali from his earliest years in power (similarity 0.81)
• Mehmed Ali’s revenue extraction and resource mobilization enabled his invasion of Syria (similarity 0.81)
• Mehmed Ali held de facto political sway in Syria before conquest (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Mehmed Ali invaded Syria in 1831 without the Sultan’s consent. #expands (0.90)
• Mehmed Ali seized most of the Sultan’s Arabic-speaking provinces by the mid-1830s #expands (0.70) — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 187
• Mehmed Ali’s army briefly conquered Hijaz, Sudan, Syria and parts of Anatolia #expands (0.60) — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 75