1838 Druze revolt

1838 Druze revolt
Part of Campaigns of Muhammad Ali of Egypt
Date January 1838 - July 1838 Location Ottoman Syria (Hauran, Galilee and Mount Lebanon) Result Revolt suppressed Peace agreement signed Egyptian rule restored Druze exempted from conscriptions
Belligerents
Egypt Eyalet Shihab's forces supported by: Anaza tribe Wuld Ali tribe Sulut tribe of Laja (since March 1838)	Druze clans supported by: Sulut tribe of Laja (until March 1838) Maydan quarter of Damascus
Commanders and leaders
Ibrahim Pasha Muhammad Pasha Ahmed Pasha al-Mankili  (WIA) Sharif Pasha Bashir Shihab II Khalil Shihab	Shibly al-Aryan Hasan Junbalat Nasir ad-Din al-Imad
Strength
15,000[1]	8,000[1]
Casualties and losses
unknown	unknown

The 1838 Druze revolt was a Druze uprising in Syria against the authority of Ibrahim Pasha and effectively against the Egypt Eyalet under Muhammad Ali. The rebellion was led by Druze clans of Mount Lebanon, with an aim to expel the Egyptian forces, under Ibrahim Pasha considering them as infidels.

The revolt was suppressed with a bitter campaign by Ibrahim Pasha, after a major Druze defeat in the Wadi al-Taym, and the Egyptian rule effectively restored in Galilee and Mount Lebanon with a peace agreement signed between the Egyptians and Druze leaders on 23 July 1838.