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  • Kütahya, Ottoman Empire
    Sunday May 5, 1833
    Ottoman Empire

    Convention of Kütahya

    Kütahya, Ottoman Empire
    Sunday May 5, 1833

    Under the terms of the Convention of Kütahya, signed on 5 May 1833, Muhammad Ali Pasha agreed to abandon his campaign against the Sultan, in exchange for which he was made the vali (governor) of the vilayets (provinces) of Crete, Aleppo, Tripoli, Damascus and Sidon (the latter four comprising modern Syria and Lebanon), and given the right to collect taxes in Adana.




  • Kütahya, Ottoman Empire
    May, 1833
    Muhammad Ali of Egypt

    Convention of Kütahya

    Kütahya, Ottoman Empire
    May, 1833

    Russia's gain dismayed the British and French governments, resulting in their direct intervention. From this position, the European powers brokered a negotiated solution in May 1833 known as the Convention of Kutahya. The terms of the peace were that Ali would withdraw his forces from Anatolia and receive the territories of Crete (then known as Candia) and the Hijaz as compensation, and Ibrahim Pasha would be appointed Wāli of Syria. The peace agreement fell short, however, of granting Muhammad Ali an independent kingdom for himself, leaving him wanting.




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