Mehemet Ali agrees to terms of treaty of London

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Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 8.1.2: North African Writing and Culture: Francophone, Arabic, Spanish.
Vol. editors: Kate Averis (Universidad de Antioquia), Lia Brozgal (University of California, Los Angeles), Helen Rachel Cousins (Newman University), Ziad Elmarsafy (King's College London), Claire Gallien (Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3), Siobhán McIlvanney (King's College London), Dalia Mostafa (University of Manchester), Nora Parr (SOAS, University of London), Rita Sakr (Maynooth University)

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Treaties and alliances

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Date of occurrence 1840-11-05

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Egypt (Location)

Mehemet Ali of Egypt agrees to the terms of Treaty of London, which had been signed by the allies Britain, Austria, Prussia and Russia with the Ottoman Empire on 15th July. By its terms, he is permitted to retain control for himself and his heirs of Egypt and Acre (the area of present-day Israel), as long as this remains under the authority of the Ottoman Empire, and he withdraws from all other territory.

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Mehemet Ali agrees to terms of treaty of London". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 30 December 2011 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=18058, accessed 23 November 2024.]

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