Point 5 of 7 — Lesson 12: The Rise of Muhammad Ali and the Consolidation of His Power in EgyptQuestion bank: 0 questions (0 with pictures)
05Facing Fraser's campaign (March 1807)
The campaign landed atAlexandriaand moved from there toRashid (Rosetta) and El-Hammad.
Al-Alfi had died about two months before its arrival, and England did not know that.
Muhammad Ali was in Upper Egypt pursuing the Mamluks, so the burden of the struggle fell on the Egyptians themselves.
The Egyptians resisted the English fiercely in the streets of Rashid and at El-Hammad, took some prisoners and killed others, so the English fell back to Alexandria.
Muhammad Ali returned from Upper Egypt, marched on Alexandria and besieged it; Fraser saw no way out but to ask for peace and evacuation in exchange for releasing the prisoners. Muhammad Ali agreed andentered Alexandria victorious.
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