Today 21st dec 1832, Battle of Konya 🗡️
Egyptian forces decisively defeated Ottoman troops at the Battle of Konya. One year before Muhammad Ali’s invasion of Syria in 1831 and his attempt to break away from the Ottoman Empire jeopardized British policy and its military and commercial interests in the Middle-east and 🇮🇳
However, it was time for politics, and Ibrahim’s father. Muhammad Ali negotiated with the Ottoman Sultan and European powers, ultimately signing the Peace Agreement of Kutahya at the Convention of Kutahya, in which the Sultan ceded greater Syria to Muhammad Ali for his lifetime, and Egypt’s rule to Muhammad Ali’s dynasty in perpetuity, with nominal vassal hood to the Ottoman Sultan but de facto independence. 🖊️
