Europe Took Muhammad Ali's Conquests but Secured His Family's Egypt

He had beaten the sultan and it did not matter: Britain, Austria, Russia and Prussia decided the terms. Egypt gave up Syria, Arabia and Crete and capped its army — and in exchange Muhammad Ali got the one thing he had wanted all along, the right to leave Egypt to his sons.

Chapter 10 of Muhammad Ali Pasha and the Making of Modern Egypt.

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From the film: Muhammad Ali Pasha and the Making of Modern Egypt

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• The Mosque of Muhammad Ali Pasha or Alabaster Mosque - Cairo, Egypt - 4054022692.jpg — David Berkowitz from New York, NY, USA (CC BY 2.0)