Oriental Crisis of 1840

Oriental Crisis of 1840
Part of Egyptian–Ottoman War (1839–1841)
The bombardment and capture of St Jean d'Acre
Date Summer–November 1840 Location Nile Delta, Beirut, Acre Result Convention of London enforced by allied powers, and Muhammad Ali Pasha secures his position in Egypt
Belligerents
United Kingdom  Austrian Empire  Prussia  Russian Empire  Ottoman Empire	Egypt Eyalet
Commanders and leaders
Archduke Friedrich Admiral Robert Stopford John Ommanney Henry Codrington Arthur Fanshawe	Muhammad Ali Pasha Ibrahim 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.