It is important to note, however, that the “peace of Kütahia” was not a permanent settlement, it was not a peace treaty but an agreement between Mahmud II and Mehmed Ali to end the state of war that had existed between them for over a year. Rather than finding his position more secure than before the campaign had started, the Pasha soon discovered that his osensibly improved status was dependent on an annual renewal by the Sultan, and was thus subject to his whims and to the intrigues of various courtiers in Istanbul. For after all, Mehmed Ali was not granted an independent status that would be recognized by the European powers and hence the agreement did not secure for him “the much desired legal independence as a sovereign” that he had been supposedly fighting for.

XREF: Builds on the earlier claim that the Peace of Kütahia ended Egypt's first direct confrontation with the sultan (loc 121), extending it by showing the settlement's fragility and non-permanent character. Builds on: "The Peace of Kütahia ended Egypt's first direct confrontation with the sultan."

Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed…, loc. 182