SURİYE’DEKİ MISIR-OSMANLI ÇATIŞMASININ HİCAZ ÜZERİNDEKİ ETKİSİ (1831-1833)

This research highlights, through documents of the Egyptian Archive, the impact of the Egyptian-Ottoman conflict on Hejaz (Mecca and Medina) during the fourth decade of the nineteenth century; one of the most critical phases in the Arab History. Mohamed Ali’s (governor of Egypt 1805-1848) interest in Arabia in general, and in Hejaz and its forces and garrisons in particular, began to wane after he had sent his forces to Damascus, headed by his son Ibrahim Pasha, and had seen the fortified walls of Acre and their endurance in the face of Napoleon’s forces. Instead, he focused his attention on preparing modern regular troops for his battle against the Ottoman Empire in Syria. He became less interested in irregular troops in Hejaz. This led those irregular troops to revolt against his government in Hejaz under the leadership of Mohamed Agha known as “Turkey Belmaz”: one who cannot speak Turkish. This research looks into the causes, drives and goals of this revolution. Was it a reaction to the expansions achieved in Syria by governor of Egypt? Did any communications take place between rebels and the Ottoman Sublime Porte? How Mohamed Ali dealt with the revolution? How he took advantage of the victories in Damascus as propagandistic fame in his interest against the revolution? How this news set the stage for his campaign led by Ahmed Yakon Pasha? How this revolution was a cause for his expansion in Yemen? Where have the leaders of the revolution gone after its failure? What were the procedures Mohamed Ali took after suppressing the revolution? How the revolution kept a section of the forces of the governor of Egypt busy while he needed it in his battles in Syria?