Point 2 of 7 — Lesson 12: The Rise of Muhammad Ali and the Consolidation of His Power in EgyptQuestion bank: 0 questions (0 with pictures)
02The emergence of Muhammad Ali
How he appeared
Under the Mamluks economic conditions worsened, so a revolt broke out in March 1804.
Fearing the revolt would reach his own soldiers, Muhammad Ali declared his joining the ulema and sheikhs and mixed with the angry people.
He promised the ulema tostrive to lift the tax from the people and ordered his soldiers to respect the populace.
Thus he won the people's affection and the confidence of their leaders, and they saw him as a just man who hates oppression.
The struggle over Cairo
He exploited the wave of anger against the Mamluks, attacked their posts in Cairo and besieged their leaders' houses, so they fled to Upper Egypt.
Apolitical vacuumfollowed; he proposed releasingKhosrow Pasha from the Citadel and appointing him wali, and his own standing rose.
TheArnaut (Albanian) troops objectedto Khosrow, so he proposedKhorshid Pasha, governor of Alexandria, because he was an Ottoman.
Khorshid distrusted Muhammad Ali and sought to be rid of him by sending him to Upper Egypt to fight the Mamluks, and asked the sultan for troops — who sent theDalatoğlu ("the reckless"), who spread corruption and plunder.
Khorshid also asked for the Arnaut troops to be recalled to Istanbul; Muhammad Alirefused with the ulema's backing.
Khorshid obtained a decision appointing Muhammad Ali wali of Jeddah (May 1805), but hedid not comply, relying on the ulema's support.
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