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Supposing, as a result of a preserved Franco-Russian Alliance, the Porte loses all de facto authority in the Balkans, Egypt, and North Africa about 50 year before OTL (so by 1830 or so -- or better still, before an Auspicious Incident can be arranged). As asked before:
This actually raises an interesting question in itself -- if the Ottoman Empire suffers this kind of earlier precipitous decline, effectively moving the fall of the Balkans et el back six decades, this would seriously change the OTL Tanzimat Period. So what kind of effect does this have not only on the lands that make up (or OTL, made up) the empire, but also on Islam as a whole?
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