Sudanese campaigns of Muhammad Ali

E513840

The Sudanese campaigns of Muhammad Ali were a series of early 19th-century military expeditions by Egypt’s ruler Muhammad Ali Pasha to conquer and incorporate Sudan into his expanding empire, driven by ambitions for territorial expansion, resources, and slave soldiers.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Egyptian military expedition ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Egyptian-ruled Sudan ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
describedBySource Sudanese and Egyptian historical chronicles ⓘ
modern historiography on Turco-Egyptian Sudan ⓘ
endTime 1830s ⓘ
followedBy consolidation of Turco-Egyptian administration in Sudan ⓘ
resistance and revolts against Turco-Egyptian rule in Sudan ⓘ
hasCause Muhammad Ali’s ambition to build a modern empire ⓘ
desire to control Red Sea and Nile trade routes ⓘ
need for slave soldiers for the Egyptian army ⓘ
search for gold and other resources in Sudan ⓘ
territorial expansion of Muhammad Ali’s realm ⓘ
hasPart First Egyptian invasion of Sudan (1820–1821) ⓘ
linked to: Conquest of Sudan

subsequent Egyptian pacification campaigns in Sudan ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 19th century ⓘ
location Darfur region (periphery and frontier) ⓘ
linked to: Darfur region

Funj Sultanate ⓘ
Kordofan ⓘ
Nubia ⓘ
Sennar ⓘ
linked to: Sennar city

Sudan ⓘ
mainSubject Muhammad Ali Pasha ⓘ
opponent Funj Sultanate of Sennar ⓘ
linked to: Sultanate of Sennar

Kingdom of Sennar ⓘ
linked to: Sultanate of Sennar

local Sudanese rulers ⓘ
tribal groups in Sudan ⓘ
participant Egyptian army ⓘ
linked to: Egyptian Army

Ismail Kamil Pasha ⓘ
Mahmud Pasha ⓘ
Muhammad Ali’s sons ⓘ
partOf Muhammad Ali’s state-building program in Egypt ⓘ
expansionist policies of Muhammad Ali in the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
result Egyptian conquest of northern and central Sudan ⓘ
linked to: Conquest of Sudan

creation of the Turkiyya period in Sudanese history ⓘ
disruption of existing Sudanese polities ⓘ
establishment of Turco-Egyptian rule in Sudan ⓘ
expansion of Muhammad Ali’s control up the Nile ⓘ
incorporation of Sudan into the Egyptian-Ottoman realm ⓘ
increased taxation and extraction in Sudan ⓘ
integration of Sudan into Muhammad Ali’s economic system ⓘ
large-scale enslavement of Sudanese populations ⓘ
recruitment of Sudanese slave soldiers into the Egyptian army ⓘ
significantEvent conquest of Kordofan by Egyptian forces ⓘ
defeat of the Sultanate of Sennar ⓘ
occupation of Dongola and Nubia ⓘ
startTime 1820 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Egypt Eyalet → hasMilitaryConflict → Sudanese campaigns of Muhammad Ali ⓘ
Siege of Acre (1831–1832) → partOf → Muhammad Ali’s Levant campaign ⓘ
linked to: Sudanese campaigns of Muhammad Ali
British infantry square → usedIn → Sudan campaigns ⓘ
linked to: Sudanese campaigns of Muhammad Ali