The governor of Acre, Abdullah Pasha ibn Ali was harboring fugitives of the Egyptian draft, and was said to have refused a request to contribute towards Muhammad Ali’s war effort.[1] With these insults as pretext, land and sea forces under the command of Ibrahim Pasha were sent north to besiege Acre in October of 1831.[1] The city fell to Ibrahim’s army six months later in May of 1832. After Acre he continued on to win control of Aleppo, Homs, Beirut, Sidon, Tripoli, and Damascus;[4] the armies sent by the Sultan and various local governors were unable to check Ibrahim's forces.[5]