Q and C .. All you want to know about the siege of Acre and the campaign of Muhammad Ali in the Levant

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Today, the 187th anniversary of the opening of the Egyptian army led by Ahmed Monoukli to the city of Acre after a siege lasted 6 months came after the declaration and to Egypt, Muhammad Ali Pasha war on the Kingdom of Acre and Abdullah Pasha .. The following lines explain the cause of the siege and the story of the Egyptian conquest of Acre.

What is the siege of Acre?

A: The siege of Acre, 1831, occurred during the Egyptian-Ottoman War (1831-33). Ended with Ibrahim Pasha's takeover of the city.

Q / Why the siege of Acre?

A: This came within the Egyptian campaign on the Levant, where Mohammed Ali aspired to include the Islamic states there to Egypt, and did not conceal his intention of the Turkish government, and the ambitions of Muhammad Ali in the old Sham known since 1811, and saw that Muhammad can, in Worst of all, owning Acre at least, securing its eastern borders, and keeping away the threats of the upper door from Egypt.

Q / When did the siege of Acre begin?

A: The siege began on 26 November (1831), when Ibrahim Pasha began to besiege Acre and hastened to defend it and defended some of the towers against the Egyptians. In the meantime, Muhammad Ali sent a capable engineer to Acre. The Egyptians, despite the strong resistance of the garrison, managed to open two towers on the eastern side of the fence. Acre fell on May 27, 1832, after six months of siege, and captured Abdullah Pasha and was sent to Egypt where he was welcomed. In victory he ordered three days of adornment, and less than three weeks later Damascus fell.

Q / What happened after the fall of Acre?

A: The Ottoman armies, which met at Homs, were defeated and defeated to the far north of Syria. Then they were defeated at the Beilan Strait, and the whole Levant became the hands of Muhammad Ali, whose armies returned and destroyed the Sultan's armies in Konya on 21/11/1832. (8/4 and 6/5/1832), which gave Muhammad the mandate of Palestine and the entire Levant with the mandate of Adana for life.

Q / How ended a war with Muhammad Ali with the Ottoman Empire and the reason for reconciliation?

A: The Ottoman Empire lost more than 3,000 dead and 6,000 prisoners in battle, including the commander of the army itself, the Ottoman Grand Mufti, and the road was open to Muhammad Ali to take over the Istana. The Ottoman Sultan asked for support from the Russian state. On the Mediterranean, and pressed on the one hand and the Ottoman Sultan on the other to approve the reconciliation.

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