After months of trying to work together, Ibrahim wrote to his father's agent in Istanbul, Najib Efendi, informing him that there was little chance of the success of the joint efforts of the Egyptian and Ottoman naval forces since their commands were not unified. He added that they could not be unified or coordinated, however, because of the "old and well-entrenched hatred that Husrev has towards our family." In the event, and as we saw in chapter 1 above, Husrev was removed from the command of the Ottoman navy as a result of Mehmed Ali's pressure, adding yet another grudge to those that Husrev held against his old enemy.

XREF: Builds on the earlier claim that the Greek campaign permanently poisoned future Ottoman-Egyptian military cooperation (loc 226). Builds on: "The Greek campaign permanently poisoned future Ottoman-Egyptian military cooperation."

Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed…, loc. 1555