When they sensed the approach of the Sultan's forces, they revolted against the officials of Prince Ibrahim, causing them trouble. Another group of cavalry and artillerymen, accompanied by a contingent of the Hinadi Arabs led by Qaftan Bey, marched to Hama. The Anza tribe also renounced the Sultan's authority and joined the Egyptian army. This departure alarmed and disturbed the Sultan. Muhammad Ali Pasha, concerned with raising funds for the soldiers' expenses and the army's needs, increased taxes and imposed levies and fines on all the inhabitants of the land, without distinction between rich and poor, young and old, merchants, craftsmen, scribes, and tax farmers. He was extremely diligent in collecting these, dispatching collectors and officials to scour the land east and west in search of funds. They oppressed the people severely. He also seized all the money deposited in the savings fund belonging to high-ranking officials and those in prestigious positions, amounting to thirty million qirsh. He sent some collectors and officials to cities like Tanta, El Mahalla El Kubra, Shibin El Kom, Mansoura, Faraskur, and others to collect money. He wrote to Prince Ibrahim saying, "Hasten to open the gates of war and be a defender of its fury, so that the European powers may know that your Sultan is the one who initiates evil, and the initiator is the most unjust."

Until this time, communication between Syria, Egypt, and the lands of the Turks had been cut off, and trade caravans had ceased to arrive. Every companion was estranged from his companion, and fear intensified among the people of those regions due to the depredations of the Ottoman armies and their destruction of crops and offspring. Tahir Pasha arrived as an envoy from the Sultan to Hafiz Pasha, the commander of the Sultan's army, carrying the decree to open the gates of war and ignite the flames of conflict. Prince Ibrahim's spies kept him informed of the strength, abundance of men and materiel, and the fortified position of the Sultan's army. He made Aleppo the base for his army's movements and re-administered the oath of allegiance to its notables. Its inhabitants paid the jizya in advance, which amounted to three thousand and one hundred bags. He also borrowed from them a sum of three hundred and seventy-five thousand qirsh, which they lent him. Of this loan, three hundred thousand went to the Christians and Muslims, and seventy-five thousand went to the Jews. He dispatched a contingent of Arnauts to guard Baalbek and prevent the Ottoman army from entering Hauran and Lebanon. He lifted the jizya and all other levies from its inhabitants so that they might live in peace. He permitted them to cultivate their land without payment or tribute, allowed them to elect their sheikhs and administrators, and returned to them the weapons and war equipment that had been collected from them. He appointed Shibli, one of their prominent men and leaders of their faction, to oversee their affairs and guard their routes. He was extremely cautious and vigilant regarding the people of those regions due to their great strength and their endurance in war and combat.

The embassies of the powers sent word to their representatives in Alexandria to urge Muhammad Ali Pasha to restrain his son from advancing and fighting. Some writers said, "The Russian embassy's letter was significant in its policy towards the demands of taking Aleppo as a base for the Egyptian army's movements and administering the oath of allegiance to its inhabitants."

Demands: The return of the consuls of the powers to negotiate peace with Muhammad Ali Pasha and what followed.