Cairo, Jerusalem, and Damascus: . asha dealing with the Sultan asthe Buyids and Seljuks had dealt with the Caliph ofBaghdad ; but for some six years Syria was an Egyp-tian province. The discontent of the Syrian popula-tion then gave the Porte an opportunity to attemptthe recovery of this région, only, however, to sustainsevere losses both on land and sea. But at this pointthe European concert stepped in. Yet it was not be-fore Ibrahim Pasha had been defeated by Europeanofficers that the pretensions of the Pasha of Egyptwere moderated, and he was satisfied with the he-reditary government of the
Cairo, Jerusalem, and Damascus: . asha dealing with the Sultan asthe Buyids and Seljuks had dealt with the Caliph ofBaghdad ; but for some six years Syria was an Egyp-tian province. The discontent of the Syrian popula-tion then gave the Porte an opportunity to attemptthe recovery of this région, only, however, to sustainsevere losses both on land and sea. But at this pointthe European concert stepped in. Yet it was not be-fore Ibrahim Pasha had been defeated by Europeanofficers that the pretensions of the Pasha of Egyptwere moderated, and he was satisfied with the he-reditary government of the Valley of the Nile. In1841, by the terms of peace between Mohammed Alion the one side and the Sultan with his Europeanallies on the other, the government of Egypt wasvested in the Pashas family, though the title Khédivewas not conferred on the ruler till some time later. Perhaps, if the history of the older Eastern con-querors were better recorded, we should in each caseunderstand the means whereby they came to the front [274]. THE KHEDIVIA POLDERI and defeated their rivais. In Mohammed Alis case,the secret lay in his détermination to adopt the civili-sation of Europe. The introduction of Europeandrill and tactics was entirely against the préjudices ofhis subjects, and at first led to a plot for his assassina-tion; the conspiracy was revealed in time, but the un-popularity of his measures did not daunt the Pasha,and he even allowed the objectors to go , and especially French, officiais were in-troduced to train troops, cast cannon and build men-of-war; but the military inventions of the West werenot the only ones adopted by the Pasha, who importedéducation, architecture and médical appliances fromthe same source. Vast schemes, some successful,others destined to failure, were set on foot with theobject of increasing the productiveness of Egypt andeven rendering it a manufacturing country, and theinternai administration both of town and countryunderwent
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