The Turko-Egyptian War 1832–1841
Belligerents
Turkey and later Prussia, Austria, Russia, and Great Britain.
Egypt.
Cause
The ambition for extension of power on the part of Mehemet Ali, Viceroy of Egypt.
Occasion
Unsatisfied with the Island of Crete given to him for his services to the Ottoman Empire, Mehemet Ali sent his son Ibrahim with a force and laid siege to Acre. He was declared a rebel, and the Turkish army entered Syria.