Mehmed Ali initially expected to fight Persia for the Sultan, not the Morea.

Evidence

Mehmed Ali thought that the Sultan was going to ask him to send forces to help the Imperial army in its fight against the Persians; see, S/1/50/2/217 on 22 B 1237/15 April 1822; Driault, ed. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 582

Categorization

Category: Factual Claims

• XREF: Shows the evolving relationship between Mehmed Ali and the Ottoman Sultan, central to the reader’s interest in Ottoman-Egyptian dynamics.

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