The Sultan’s 1804 order against the Wahhabis was ignored.

Evidence

In 1804 the Pashas of Syria and Baghdad were ordered by the Sultan to undertake a campaign against the Wahhabis. Such a campaign never took place: J. B. Kelly, Britain and the Persian Gulf, 1795–1880 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1968), p. 105. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 268

Categorization

• XREF: Shows the weakening of Ottoman authority over regional pashas that the reader’s stated goal (performance of the army and Ottoman Pashas) needs.