Syrian campaign of Ibrahim Pasha

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19th-century conflict military campaign

The Syrian campaign of Ibrahim Pasha was a 19th-century Egyptian military expedition in which Ibrahim Pasha, under Muhammad Ali, invaded and occupied parts of Ottoman Syria, significantly challenging Ottoman authority in the region.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Egyptian campaign in Syria and Anatolia	2
Egyptian campaign in Syria	1
Egyptian invasion of Syria in 1831	1
Ottoman-Egyptian reconquest of Hejaz	1
Syrian and Anatolian front of the Ottoman–Egyptian War	1
Syrian campaign of Ibrahim Pasha canonical	1
Syrian theater of the Egyptian–Ottoman War	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5352336 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Syrian campaign of Ibrahim Pasha
Context triple: [Egypt Eyalet, hasMilitaryConflict, Syrian campaign of Ibrahim Pasha]

A. Fezzan campaign
The Fezzan campaign was a World War II military operation in which Free French forces advanced through the Fezzan region of southern Libya to secure the Sahara and support Allied offensives in North Africa.
B. Capture of Touggourt
The Capture of Touggourt was a French military operation in the mid-19th century that secured the oasis town of Touggourt in the Sahara, extending French colonial control deeper into southern Algeria.
C. Battle of Tel el-Kebir
The Battle of Tel el-Kebir was an 1882 British military victory over Egyptian nationalist forces that decisively secured British control and long-term occupation of Egypt.
D. Battle of Marj Dabiq
The Battle of Marj Dabiq was a decisive 1516 conflict in which the Ottoman Empire defeated the Mamluk Sultanate, paving the way for Ottoman control over Syria and Egypt.
E. Battle of Derna
The Battle of Derna was a key military confrontation in eastern Libya in which rival Islamist factions and forces aligned with the internationally recognized government fought for control of the strategic coastal city of Derna during the Second Libyan Civil War.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Syrian campaign of Ibrahim Pasha
Target entity description: The Syrian campaign of Ibrahim Pasha was a 19th-century Egyptian military expedition in which Ibrahim Pasha, under Muhammad Ali, invaded and occupied parts of Ottoman Syria, significantly challenging Ottoman authority in the region.

A. Fezzan campaign
The Fezzan campaign was a World War II military operation in which Free French forces advanced through the Fezzan region of southern Libya to secure the Sahara and support Allied offensives in North Africa.
B. Capture of Touggourt
The Capture of Touggourt was a French military operation in the mid-19th century that secured the oasis town of Touggourt in the Sahara, extending French colonial control deeper into southern Algeria.
C. Battle of Tel el-Kebir
The Battle of Tel el-Kebir was an 1882 British military victory over Egyptian nationalist forces that decisively secured British control and long-term occupation of Egypt.
D. Battle of Marj Dabiq
The Battle of Marj Dabiq was a decisive 1516 conflict in which the Ottoman Empire defeated the Mamluk Sultanate, paving the way for Ottoman control over Syria and Egypt.
E. Battle of Derna
The Battle of Derna was a key military confrontation in eastern Libya in which rival Islamist factions and forces aligned with the internationally recognized government fought for control of the strategic coastal city of Derna during the Second Libyan Civil War.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	19th-century conflict ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
battle	Battle of Beilan Pass ⓘ Battle of Homs (1832) ⓘ Battle of Konya (1832) ⓘ
cause	Muhammad Ali’s demand for territorial compensation for his role in the Greek War of Independence ⓘ dispute over control of Syria between Muhammad Ali and the Ottoman sultan ⓘ
commander	Ibrahim Pasha ⓘ
commandStructure	Egyptian army under Ibrahim Pasha ⓘ linked to: Army of Muhammad Ali
conflictWith	Ottoman central authority ⓘ linked to: Ottoman provincial administration
endTime	1833 ⓘ
followedBy	Convention of Kütahya ⓘ continued Egyptian–Ottoman tensions ⓘ
hasLocation	Anatolia ⓘ Lebanon ⓘ Ottoman Syria ⓘ Palestine ⓘ Syria ⓘ
hasParticipant	Egypt Eyalet ⓘ Ibrahim Pasha ⓘ Muhammad Ali of Egypt ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ
involves	modernization of the Egyptian army ⓘ use of European-style military tactics ⓘ
objective	expansion of Egyptian control over Ottoman Syria ⓘ weakening of Ottoman authority in the Levant ⓘ
opponent	Ottoman Empire ⓘ
partOf	Egyptian–Ottoman War (1831–1833) ⓘ
politicalContext	decline of Ottoman central power ⓘ rise of semi-autonomous provincial rulers in the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
precededBy	Greek War of Independence ⓘ
primaryTheater	Levant ⓘ linked to: Levant region Northern Syria ⓘ linked to: northern Syria Southern Anatolia ⓘ linked to: southern Anatolia
relatedTo	Eastern Question ⓘ Muhammad Ali’s reforms in Egypt ⓘ
result	Egyptian occupation of large parts of Ottoman Syria ⓘ temporary Egyptian control over Syria and Palestine ⓘ
significance	major challenge to Ottoman imperial integrity ⓘ shift in regional balance of power in the Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ strengthening of Muhammad Ali’s autonomy within the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
sovereigntyChallenged	Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II ⓘ linked to: Mahmud II
startTime	1831 ⓘ
supportedBy	Muhammad Ali of Egypt ⓘ
timePeriod	19th century ⓘ
typeOfConflict	inter-imperial war ⓘ regional war in the Middle East ⓘ

How these facts were elicited