Mehmet Ali1821
The Ottoman Sultan negotiated with Mehmet Ali of Egypt, who agreed to send his son Ibrahim Pasha to Greece with an army to suppress the revolt in return for territorial gain
Egypt · Warfare / Greek War of Independence. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
The Ottoman Sultan negotiated with Mehmet Ali of Egypt, who agreed to send his son Ibrahim Pasha to Greece with an army to suppress the revolt in return for territorial gain
The Ottoman Sultan negotiated with Mehmet Ali of Egypt, who agreed to send his son Ibrahim Pasha to Greece with an army to suppress the revolt in return for territorial gain
Ibrahim lands in the Peloponnese in February 1825 and had immediate success: by the end of 1825, most of the Peloponnese is under Egyptian control
Leads an expeditionary force of 16,000 into the Peloponnese, and soon overran its western part; he failed, however, to take the eastern section, where the rebel Government was based (at Nafplion). Ibrahims forces move onto the Greek mainland, capturing the pivotal strongholds of the Acropolis of Athens and, in April 1826, despite a heroic Greek defence, Messolonghi, which controlled the entrance to the Gulf of Corinth
The city of Messolonghi, under siege by the Turks since April 1825 falls in April 1826
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