Summary
Son of Muhammad Ali Pasha who led the Egyptian army that defeated the Ottoman forces and occupied Greater Syria in 1831; his administration crushed the 1834 revolt in Palestine and promoted the Abd al-Hadi family in Jabal Nablus (Rediscovering Palestine: Merchants and Peasants in Jabal Nablus, 1700-1900, lines 577-620).
Details
- Rural leaders of the hill regions at first cautiously welcomed Ibrahim Pasha, then resented exclusion from the Advisory Councils and being ordered to implement disarmament, conscription and the ferde head tax, which cut into their privileges and hold over the peasantry (Rediscovering Palestine: Merchants and Peasants in Jabal Nablus, 1700-1900, lines 577-620).
- Ibrahim Pasha picked Shaykh Husayn Abd al-Hadi as his right-hand man for southern Syria and, because he proved loyal and effective, promoted him to governor of Sidon province, which in the 1830s included almost all of Palestine (Rediscovering Palestine: Merchants and Peasants in Jabal Nablus, 1700-1900, lines 577-620).
- The European powers forced Ibrahim Pasha’s retreat in 1840 (Rediscovering Palestine: Merchants and Peasants in Jabal Nablus, 1700-1900, lines 577-620).
Related pages
Rediscovering Palestine: Merchants and Peasants in Jabal Nablus, 1700-1900, Muhammad Ali Pasha, Abd al-Hadi family, Jabal Nablus