Oriental Crisis of 1840 | |||||||
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Part of Egyptian–Ottoman War (1839–1841) | |||||||
The bombardment and capture of St Jean d'Acre | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United Kingdom Austrian Empire Prussia Russian Empire Ottoman Empire | Egypt Eyalet | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Archduke Friedrich |
The Oriental Crisis of 1840 was an episode in the Egyptian–Ottoman War in the eastern Mediterranean, triggered by the self-declared Khedive of Egypt and Sudan Muhammad Ali Pasha's aims to establish a personal empire in Ottoman Egypt.