Copy 1, Volume 1

Records of travels in Turkey, Greece, &c., and of a cruise in the Black Sea, with the capitan pasha, in the years 1829, 1830, and 1831 / By Adolphus Slade.

  • Slade, Adolphus, Sir, 1804-1877
Date:
1833
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Records of travels in Turkey, Greece, &c., and of a cruise in the Black Sea, with the capitan pasha, in the years 1829, 1830, and 1831 / By Adolphus Slade. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    in not taking* more advantage, that campaign, of the prostrate condition of the enemy. I suspect, however, that the true cause iay in his father’s instructions. Meheinet Ali was too much alive to his own interests, to wish to forward the sul¬ tan’s views. He did not feel sufficiently power¬ ful to resist openly ; hut, while co-operating with an efficient army, he probably commanded his son to husband his resources, by being a specta¬ tor, rather than an actor. Ibrahim’s career, un¬ til his expulsion in 1828, supports this opinion. The only important affair he engaged in was the siege of Missolonghi. There he fairly assisted RedschidPasha; but atNavarine his fleet as fairly betrayed Tahir Pasha. The promise of annexing the Morea to his government was a poor bait to Mehemet Ali, who was not deterred by the dif¬ ficulty of the conquest, which he would have ac¬ complished by means of gold—an arm against which, well handled, the Greeks are truly impo¬ tent ; but he foresaw, that to keep a country of bold and hardy brigands under, and render it productive, would occasion a drain of Egyptian troops and treasure, which would, in the sequel, leave him defenceless, an easy prey to sultan Mahmoud, who, he was perfectly aware, only wanted the opportunity to crush him.