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By 1819 Ali Pasha Tepelenli had gathered enough power and lands and had formed a sizeable and formidable army, decided to challenge Sultan Mahmud II...
He forged alliances with Souliotes (greeks living in the mountain villages of Souli) and added 3000 soldiers to his army while he seeked support to his rebellion and from other greeks who lived under his authority....
Sultan Mahmud II at first tried to have the local Pashas deal with him but without success...
Then as Ali's power grew stronger he send an army of 20000 men under Hursid Pasha the Wale of Peloponese...
Despite some initial success Ali Pasha's army was routed and was further weakened by defections and by 1822 Ali Pasha was under siege in the Monastery of St. Panteleimon where he eventually got killed.

WI Ali Pasha managed to challenge the Sultan successfully? What happens next? On the height of his power Ali Pasha was ruling a vast state expanding from Epirus till Peloponese... Would he carve his own state and proclaim himself King/Sultan or he would continue challenging the Sultan?
Its in the borders of ASB but i tend to believe that if Ali Pasha had played his card rights he could have gained something.
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