The Ottoman Grand Admiral defected with the fleet to Mehmed Ali in 1839
Evidence
In the panic that followed in Istanbul the Grand Admiral, Ahmed Fevzi Pasha, instead of co-ordinating his efforts with those of the Serasker, as had been planned, and effecting a popular uprising among the Syrian population against Mehmed Ali’s rule there, decided to head for Alexandria not to bombard it but to hand the entire Ottoman fleet to Mehmed Ali. Thus in little less than a month the Ottoman Empire lost its Sultan, its army, and its navy and Mehmed Ali was left as the single most powerful man in the Empire. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1537
Categorization
Category: Factual Claims
Related
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- One month collapsed the Ottoman sultan, army, and navy into Mehmed Ali’s hands (similarity 0.82)
- Within a month of Nezib the Ottoman Empire lost its ruler, army, and navy (similarity 0.80)
- Mehmed Ali’s ultimatum forced the Porte to remove Husrev as Grand Admiral (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- Ahmed Fevzi’s defection handed the Ottoman fleet to Mehmed Ali
#corroborates(0.95) — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1558