Royal Navy operations on the Levantine coast

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Royal Navy operations on the Levantine coast were a series of British naval actions in the Eastern Mediterranean aimed at pressuring Muhammad Ali of Egypt and supporting the Ottoman Empire during the early 1840s crisis.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf naval campaign ⓘ
aimedAt pressuring Muhammad Ali of Egypt ⓘ
alliedWith Austrian Empire ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Prussia ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
basedOn London Convention of 1840 ⓘ
belligerent Muhammad Ali’s Egypt ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
commander Admiral Sir Robert Stopford ⓘ
Charles Napier ⓘ
conflict Egyptian–Ottoman War (1839–1841) ⓘ
Oriental Crisis of 1840 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
describedAs British naval actions on the Levantine coast during the Oriental Crisis of 1840 ⓘ
operations intended to coerce Muhammad Ali of Egypt and support the Ottoman Sultan ⓘ
endTime 1841 ⓘ
historicalContext Eastern Question ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
involved blockade of the Egyptian-held Syrian coast ⓘ
bombardment of Acre (1840) ⓘ
landings of allied forces along the Levantine coast ⓘ
location Eastern Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Levantine coast ⓘ
linked to: Syrian coast

coast of Lebanon ⓘ
coast of Palestine ⓘ
coast of Syria ⓘ
militaryBranch Royal Navy ⓘ
objective to force Muhammad Ali of Egypt to withdraw from Ottoman territories in Syria ⓘ
to support the authority of the Ottoman Sultan ⓘ
opponent Egyptian forces ⓘ
forces loyal to Muhammad Ali of Egypt ⓘ
outcome Muhammad Ali of Egypt accepted terms limiting his rule to Egypt ⓘ
partOf British foreign policy in the Eastern Question ⓘ
Egyptian–Ottoman War (1839–1841) ⓘ
Oriental Crisis of 1840 ⓘ
relatedTo Muhammad Ali of Egypt ⓘ
Ottoman–Egyptian relations ⓘ
history of the Royal Navy in the Mediterranean ⓘ
result restoration of Ottoman authority over parts of the Levant ⓘ
weakening of Egyptian control in Syria ⓘ
startTime 1840 ⓘ
supported Ottoman Empire ⓘ
usedTactic amphibious landings ⓘ
naval blockade ⓘ
naval bombardment ⓘ

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Egyptian–Ottoman War (1839–1841) → involved → Royal Navy operations on the Levantine coast ⓘ
Henri de Rigny → alliedWith → United Kingdom at the Battle of Navarino ⓘ
linked to: Royal Navy operations on the Levantine coast
The Mediterranean and Middle East (British official history) → theatre → Eastern Mediterranean naval operations ⓘ
linked to: Royal Navy operations on the Levantine coast