The Egyptian advance swept Syria in weeks in late 1831

Evidence

Finally on 2 November 1831 the crucial hour arrived and two expeditions were given orders to move with Syria as their destination, one by land and the other by sea. … After capturing Jaffa, Ibrahim entered the city of Haifa without much effort on 17 November 1831. Immediately afterwards, Sidon, Tyre, Beirut, Tripoli, Latakia, Jerusalem, and Nablus all gave their allegiance to Mehmed Ali’s son thus allowing him to concentrate his efforts on capturing the strategic city of Acre. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 182