The Convention of London with the Sublime…
July 1840 CE
The treaty summarizes recent agreements concerning the Ottoman Empire under Abdulmecid I, and its second war with Muhammad Ali's Egypt.
It has been brought about by the Great Powers' fear of the destabilizing effect an Ottoman collapse would have on Europe.
The Ottomans agree to declare the Dardanelles closed to all non-Ottoman warships in peacetime.
In return, the signatories offer to Muhammad Ali and his heirs permanent control over Egypt and the Eyalet of Acre if territories will remain part of the Ottoman Empire.
If he does not accept withdrawal of his forces within ten days, he shall lose the offer in Southern Syria; if he delays acceptance more than twenty days, he shall forfeit everything offered.
He also has to return to Sultan Abdülmecid I the Ottoman fleet that has defected to Alexandria.
Muhammad Ali is also to immediately withdraw his forces from Arabia, the Holy Cities, Crete, and the district of Adana, all within the Ottoman Empire.
Because Muhammad Ali will not accept the terms of the convention, the Oriental Crisis of 1840 will result.
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