Oriental Crisis of 1840

Oriental Crisis of 1840
Part of Egyptian–Ottoman War (1839–1841)

The bombardment and capture of St Jean d'Acre
DateSummer–November 1840
Location
Result Convention of London enforced by allied powers, and Muhammad Ali Pasha secures his position in Egypt
Belligerents
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland United Kingdom
 Austrian Empire
 Prussia
 Russian Empire
 Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Egypt Egypt Eyalet
Commanders and leaders

Austrian Empire Archduke Friedrich
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Admiral Robert Stopford

Ottoman Egypt Muhammad Ali Pasha

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.