Sudanese campaigns of Muhammad Ali

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The Sudanese campaigns of Muhammad Ali were a series of early 19th-century military expeditions by Egypt’s ruler Muhammad Ali Pasha to conquer and incorporate Sudan into his expanding empire, driven by ambitions for territorial expansion, resources, and slave soldiers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Egyptian military expedition
military campaign
appliesToJurisdiction Egyptian-ruled Sudan
country Egypt
describedBySource Sudanese and Egyptian historical chronicles
modern historiography on Turco-Egyptian Sudan
endTime 1830s
followedBy consolidation of Turco-Egyptian administration in Sudan
resistance and revolts against Turco-Egyptian rule in Sudan
hasCause Muhammad Ali’s ambition to build a modern empire
desire to control Red Sea and Nile trade routes
need for slave soldiers for the Egyptian army
search for gold and other resources in Sudan
territorial expansion of Muhammad Ali’s realm
hasPart First Egyptian invasion of Sudan (1820–1821)
linked to: Conquest of Sudan

subsequent Egyptian pacification campaigns in Sudan
historicalPeriod early 19th century
location Darfur region (periphery and frontier)
linked to: Darfur region

Funj Sultanate
Kordofan
Nubia
Sennar
linked to: Sennar city

Sudan
mainSubject Muhammad Ali Pasha
opponent Funj Sultanate of Sennar
linked to: Sultanate of Sennar

Kingdom of Sennar
linked to: Sultanate of Sennar

local Sudanese rulers
tribal groups in Sudan
participant Egyptian army
linked to: Egyptian Army

Ismail Kamil Pasha
Mahmud Pasha
Muhammad Ali’s sons
partOf Muhammad Ali’s state-building program in Egypt
expansionist policies of Muhammad Ali in the Ottoman Empire
result Egyptian conquest of northern and central Sudan
linked to: Conquest of Sudan

creation of the Turkiyya period in Sudanese history
disruption of existing Sudanese polities
establishment of Turco-Egyptian rule in Sudan
expansion of Muhammad Ali’s control up the Nile
incorporation of Sudan into the Egyptian-Ottoman realm
increased taxation and extraction in Sudan
integration of Sudan into Muhammad Ali’s economic system
large-scale enslavement of Sudanese populations
recruitment of Sudanese slave soldiers into the Egyptian army
significantEvent conquest of Kordofan by Egyptian forces
defeat of the Sultanate of Sennar
occupation of Dongola and Nubia
startTime 1820

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Egypt Eyalet hasMilitaryConflict Sudanese campaigns of Muhammad Ali
Siege of Acre (1831–1832) partOf Muhammad Ali’s Levant campaign
linked to: Sudanese campaigns of Muhammad Ali
British infantry square usedIn Sudan campaigns
linked to: Sudanese campaigns of Muhammad Ali