The Sultan repeatedly plotted to depose Mehmed Ali even after his victories

Evidence

After Mehmed Ali’s forces succeeded in capturing the cities of Mecca and Medina from the Wahhabis he sent one of his mamluks, a certain Latif Ağa, to Istanbul to present the keys of both cities to the Sultan as a sign of obedience and servitude. During his stay in Istanbul, however, Latif Ağa was given the title of Pasha and encouraged to rebel against his master in Egypt. On his return to Cairo rumors were circulating that he had returned armed with a firman to depose Mehmed Ali and to replace him as vali of Egypt. Mehmed Ali, who was in Arabia at this time overseeing the campaign against the Wahhabis, was informed of this conspiracy at the last moment by his friend and deputy, Mehmed Lazoğlu, and hurried back to Egypt to attend personally to that challenge to his authority. He arrived too late, however, to take personal revenge against Latif Pasha whom Mehmed Lazoğlu had summarily beheaded at the foot of the Citadel. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 219

Categorization

Category: Factual Claims

Related

• The Sultan tried to replace Ali with his own returning envoy in 1813 (similarity 0.88)
• Mahmud II turned Mehmed Ali’s own envoy into a rival governor in 1813 (similarity 0.86)
• Ottoman sultans distrusted Mehmed Ali from his earliest years in power (similarity 0.83)
• Mehmed Ali repeatedly petitioned for the eyalet of Damascus between 1812 and 1815. (similarity 0.80)
• The Sultan’s denial of Syria turned Mehmed Ali toward outright defiance (similarity 0.80)
• Ali’s governorship of Egypt rested on his own power, not the Sultan’s consent (similarity 0.80)
• Mehmed Ali hoped to gain Syria while remaining a pardoned Ottoman vassal (similarity 0.80)
• Mehmed Ali’s armies defeated two Ottoman forces and threatened Anatolia by the mid-1830s. (similarity 0.80)
• Mehmed Ali’s true rival was Ottoman grand vizier Mehmed Husrev Pasha, not the Sultan. (similarity 0.79)
• Mehmed Ali’s ambivalence toward the Sultan stemmed from his imperial ambitions (similarity 0.79)
• Mehmed Ali’s ambivalence stemmed from rebellion against the Sultan while seeking his forgiveness (similarity 0.79)
• The Ottomans had attempted to eliminate the Mamluks before Mehmed Ali’s own massacre (similarity 0.78)
• Mehmed Ali framed his conquests as Ottoman reform, not rebellion, until 1838 (similarity 0.78)
• Mehmed Ali conducted rebellion while still begging the Sultan’s pardon (similarity 0.78)
• Mehmed Ali sought Syria and a Sultan’s pardon simultaneously (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Ottoman sultans distrusted Mehmed Ali from his earliest years in power #corroborates (0.60) — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 218
• Mehmed Ali invaded Syria in 1831 without the Sultan’s consent. #qualifies (0.50) — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 263
• The Sultan mobilized an 80,000-man army but Ibrahim still crushed it at Konia. #complicates (0.50) — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 250