Syrian war

Ck by the second London convention of 1841. Her colonial control over Sudan was as well guaranteed. Mehemet Ali was also declared the hereditary Pasha (ruler) of Egypt. The big powers also prevailed upon / forced Sultan Abdul Majid to counsel the deportation of Mehemet Ali and recognize him as hereditary pasha of Egypt. This preserved the territorial independence and integrity of Egypt against external threats especially from Turkey.
3. The Syrian question / war led to the calling of the first London Conference and the signing of the London Convention of 1840. In 1840, Palmer stone of Britain called the Conference (France was excluded) to find ways of fighting Mehemet Ali out of Syria and stopping his intended invasion of Constantinople. The Conference was attended by Russia, Austria and Britain who signed the London Convention of 1840 in which Mehemet Ali was recognized as the hereditary Pasha of Egypt and offered Southern part of Syria on condition of making peace with Turkey. Turkey recovered Crete and Arabia from Egypt. However, Mehemet Ali of Egypt rejected the terms of the Convention and forced the powers concerned to fight him out of Syria and Crete leading to his surrender to allied forces.
4. The Syrian question /war also resulted into the calling of the 1841 London Conference and signing of the Straits Convention. Palmer stone called the Conference to settle pending conflicts over the Syrian question most especially the 1833 Unkier Skellessi treaty that favoured Russia against other powers.
Austria, Russia, Britain and France (she was invited) signed the 1841 Straits Convention where Turkey was to close the Dardanelles and Basphorous to warships of all nations (Russia inclusive) in times of peace. It was a great triumph for Palmer stone because it nullified the Unkier Skellessi treaty of 1833 and curtailed Russian unnecessary interference in the Balkans. It also effectively blocked Russia or any other naval power from threatening Constantinople by sea. This erased the suspicion and hostility by other European powers against Russian threat in the Balkans. In short, the Straits Convention secured the political, economic and strategic interests of other power against Russian influence that had been consolidated by the Unkier Skellessi.
5. The Syrian question ended up as a big diplomatic victory for Palmerstone and Britain. By 1841, Palmerstone had successfully nullified the 1833 Unkier Skellessi treaty, checked Russian, Egyptian and French imperialistic ambitions in the Balkans, preserved the Ottoman Empire against disintegration and brought back Turkey to reliance on Britain and European powers in general than on Russia alone. All these helped to secure the British political, economic and strategic interests in the Middle East and the Mediterranean Sea. This also boosted Palmerstone's popularity as Britain's Foreign Minister amongst the British citizens.
Negative consequences
6. The Syrian question led to massive loss of lives and destruction of property. For instance at the battles of Kojah (1832) and Nezib (1839), Ibrahim Pasha the commander of the Egyptian troops killed almost all the "Turkey's troops that confronted him. The defeat of Sultan Mohammad 11 was followed by his death a few days later. Important towns and cities like Beirut, Crete and Syria were destroyed in the course of the war.
7. The wars fought weakened and exhausted Turkey militarily. She was disastrously defeated in several battles by Ibrahim Pasha the overall commander of Egyptian forces. For instance, she lost most of her abled and experienced soldiers at the bloody battles of Koniah and Nezib. This accelerated the condition of Turkey as a "sick man of Europe". Thus, the war contributed to the downfall of Ottoman Empire in the second half of the 19th century.
8. The Syrian question finally ended Mehemet Ali's imperialistic ambitions in the Balkans. He was finally defeated and surrendered to allied force of Britain, Austria and Russia in 1841 (after refusing to take half of Syria). He was forced to withdraw from Syria, Morea, Crete and Palestine that were handed back to Sultan Abdul Majid (the new Sultan from 1839). This effectively ended Mehemet Ali's claims and imperialistic ambitions in the Balkans.
In France, the Syrian question contributed to the down fall of Orleans monarchy and Louis Philippe.
The support that Louis Philippe gave to Egypt against Turkey disappointed the big powers and left France isolated. It explains why Palmerstone refused to invite France to the London Conference of 1840. The French Bonapartists, liberals and glory seekers argued Louis Philippe to organize war against the powers (most especially Britain) that isolated France from the conference. However, Louis Philippe cowardiced and Adolf Thiers resigned due to intensive opposition and uprising against his role in supporting Mehemet All of Egypt. The event therefore undermined Louis Philippe's popularity and brought about his down fall by 1848.
10. The Syrian question destabilized Europe for about a decade. It created tensions and conflicts amongst European powers from 1831 up to 1841 when it was finally resolved. Russia antagonized Britain, France and Austria when she manipulated Turkey to sign the 1833 Unkier Skellessi treaty that gave her exclusive rights to use the Dardanelles in times of war. France later conflicted with Britain, Russia and Austria when she supported Egypt against Turkey. Her exclusion in the London Conference of 1840 almost led to a declaration of war against Britain had Louis Philippe not cowardiced at the last moment.
All these led to political instability and undermined economic cooperation in Europe.
11. The Syrian question contributed to the outbreak of the Crimean war of 1854 —1856. The Straits Convention of 1841 left Russia disappointed. It nullified the Unkier Skellessi treaty of 1833 by a provision that Turkey was to close the Dardanelles and Bosphorous to warships of all nations including those of Russia in times of peace. Russia's occupation of Moldavia and Wallacia that sparked off the Crimean war was a move to the Dardanelles and Bosphorous because of their proximity (closeness) to the Black Sea. It explains why Britain and France hurried to send their troops to the Black Sea to block Russia from controlling the Straits of Dardanelles and Bosphorous. This ended up in the Crimean war when allied troops followed Russian troops when they withdrew up to Crimea.
12. Anglo - Turkish diplomatic relationship was consolidated by the Syrian question / war. At the London Conference of 1841, Palmer stone supported Turkey to regain her lost territories of Crete and Syria from Mehemet Ali of Egypt, Sultan Abdul Majid was so grateful to Palmerstone's support that he allowed him hover turn the terms of the 1833 Unkier Skellessi treaty in the 1841 Straits Convention.
This revived British influence over Turkish affairs at the expense of Russian earlier influence, which furthered the conflict.