muhammad ali pasha

  1. Any good suggestions for a Muhammad Ali Egypt TL to read?

    I can't seem to find any at all on this site. At best, they're abandoned at only maybe three chapters or they're just a footnote in someone else's story. Do you happen to have some good TLs of this type?
  2. (PC/AHC) What if the European powers didn't intervene in the Battle of Nezib?

    Muhammad Ali Pasha was the self-declared Khedive of Egypt and Sudan, altough nominally a vassal of the Ottoman Sultan, he was an indipendent ruler in his own right. He established his own dynasty and launched a series of ambitious campaigns to expand his influence and control over the Ottoman...
  3. Could Muhammad Ali Pasha keep his empire?

    Like it says on the tin. At the height of his power, between 1833 and 1841, Muhammad Ali Pasha controlled a state made up of Egypt, Sudan, Syria and the Hejaz that was independent from its nominal Ottoman overlord in all but name. However, his empire was destroyed as a result of the Oriental...
  4. The Lethargic Lett

    What If King Farouk of Egypt Bought Monaco?

    In 1953, much of Monaco's small economy was bought up by the Greek shipping magnate (and future husband of Jackie Kennedy) Aristotle Onassis. Onassis became the owner of the principality's most profitable locales and a third of its land. However, by 1955 the Monacan economy had declined and...
  5. WI: Muhammad Ali dies in the late 1820s?

    Let's say that in between the Greek Revolution and the Ottoman-Egyptian war of the early 1830s, Muhammad Ali dies and is succeeded by his son, Ibrahim Pasha. What effects would this have on Egypt and on the Ottoman-Egyptian conflict of the 1830s? IOTL Ibrahim Pasha was more belligerent than his...
  6. ETGalaxy

    Egypt as an industrialized power

    During the reign of Muhammad Ali Pasha, Egypt interestingly began to undergo an Industrial Revolution, with factories being developed from the 1810s into the 1840s, at which point Egypt seemed to be on route to become an industrial power. This eventually stopped due to a number of factors...
  7. Hawkeye

    Challenge: Egypt a great power without Ali Pasha

    With a PoD after 1750, could Egypt have became an independent great power on the scale of Japan even without the modernizing efforts of Ali Pasha?
  8. WI: Muhammad Ali Pasha killed in 1805

    During the massacre of the Mamluks at the Cairo citadel, one captured Mamluk bey asked for a drink of water. When his hands were untied so he could take the bottle, he snatched a dagger from one of the soldiers and rushed at Muhammad Ali Pasha. Let's say he somehow succeeded in killing the...
  9. Ibrahim_Pasha

    WI: Ottoman Empire collapses in 1807-1808

    I am currently exploring the possibility of using the Ottoman palace coups in 1807-1808 as a POD for the early collapse of the empire. If Mahmud II is successfully murdered, who would become the sultan? Would Mustafa Bayraktar take the throne after he deposes Mustafa IV, or is there some distant...
  10. Ibrahim_Pasha

    ATL Third Ottoman-Egyptian War

    I am starting to work on a timeline where the POD is that Ibrahim Pasha decides to march on Istanbul right after winning the Battle of Nizip during the Second Ottoman-Egyptian War. As a result, the Ottomans agree to restore the status quo ante bellum. ITTL, Mehmet Ali Pasha dies around the time...
  11. ArchimedesCircle

    Would keeping Egypt save the Ottoman Empire?

    Egypt was a part of the Ottoman Empire up until the last few years, but for most of the 19th century Egypt was basically only part of the empire in theory. Under the Muhammad Ali Pasha dynasty, Egypt was effectively independent and then effectively a British colony. But what if Muhammad Ali...
  12. Kaiphranos

    MotF 188: Sting Like A Bee

    MotF 188: Sting Like A Bee The Challenge Make a map depicting an Egyptian state that is a major world power. The Restrictions For this round, the POD of your map must be after 1805 CE. (Sorry, this one is for modern Egypt, not Ancient Egypt.) Fantasy and science fiction maps are permitted as...
  13. Ibrahim_Pasha

    Alternate Oriental Crisis

    Hello! I was looking for some help for a TL I'm writing about the aftermath of an alternate Second Ottoman-Egyptian War. The POD would be that, after his victory at Nizip, Ibrahim Pasha decides to push on Istanbul. Russia would send it’s navy to Constantinople to protect the Turkish Straits...
  14. GauchoBadger

    PC/WI: Russia supports Egypt's claims to Syria in 1840

    IOTL, the Oriental Crisis of 1840 sprung up as a result of a standoff between Muhammad Ali's Khedivate of Egypt, which had recently humbled its Ottoman overlords in an armed conflict, and the European Great powers (mainly Britain, Austria, Prussia, and Russia), over the borders of the new...
  15. WI: European Philegyptianism instead of Philhellenism, Western volunteers join Muhammad Ali Pasha

    At the beginning of the 19th century, "Egyptomania" began to abound in Europe, as archaeologists continued to discover new artifacts, tombs. As linguists translated Coptic and old hieroglyphics to decipher the writings of the Ancient Egyptians, interest in the ancient history of Egypt grew...
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