The Greek war, meant to weaken Ali, instead tipped him toward rebellion.
Evidence
What finally tipped the balance towards rebellion was the Greek war which the Sultan had asked him to intervene in, thinking that it would weaken his strong vassal. Instead, the Pasha used it as an opportunity to try out his new troops and by the end of it he came out more resolved than ever before not to co-operate with the Sultan in the future. As far as can be discerned from his own letters it does not appear that he had contemplated military action against the Sultan before that time. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 265
Categorization
Category: Causal Relationships
- DEFINE: Clarifies the precise threshold at which Ali chose rebellion over vassalage.
Related
- The Greek war, not prior ambition, pushed Mehmed Ali toward rebellion (similarity 0.90)
- The Morean war’s conduct first convinced Mehmed Ali to defy the Sultan. (similarity 0.81)
- Mehmed Ali’s war against the Sultan undermined his reforming rationale. (similarity 0.81)
- Mehmed Ali invaded Syria partly because the Sultan denied him Syria as a reward (similarity 0.80)
- Ottoman military strength and religious authority deterred Mehmed Ali from rebelling (similarity 0.80)
- The Morean war convinced Mehmed Ali that Ottoman collaboration was impossible. (similarity 0.80)
- Mehmed Ali’s Syria invasion combined sincere reformism with insoluble Ottoman loyalty tensions (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- Mehmed Ali’s ambivalence stemmed from rebellion against the Sultan while seeking his forgiveness
#expands(0.70) — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 104 - The Sultan’s refusal of Syria’s pashaliks triggered Ali’s Syrian campaign
#complicates(0.50) — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 195