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The envoy agreed with what the messenger indicated, having confirmed the intensification of the strife between the English and the French, whose name was Baron. Egypt did not agree to their assistance. An army was stationed in the city of Sinope on the Black Sea, near the seat of the Ottoman Sultanate, to facilitate the defense of Constantinople if Prince Ibrahim marched upon it with his armies. Lord Palmerston, a great English statesman, agreed to this and was pleased with the spirit of victory. He sent for the elders of the state and those with authority to rescue them. When the support against them reached the point of alliance, the Russian envoy said that he would speak to the Tsar about relinquishing all the rights granted to him by the Treaty of Khunka Iskelesi, which included the protection of all the lands of the Ottoman state. If he relinquished them, his demands would be met, and an agreement would be made with him for the benefit of both parties. The Tsar considered this, consulted with his advisors, and instructed his envoy to leave the English capital. This led to the cessation of treachery, and all the states turned away from it. Muhammad Ali Pasha learned of the evil intentions of the English state towards him and what he had heard about them taking all that they had claimed from the lands of the state and their claim to the obedience of the sultans and the assistance of all states to them, except for the French state. He also learned that the French state was unable to defend him and assist all the capitals of these states. So, what is the benefit in that? The states agreed and ordered the confiscation of all weapons and the training of the Egyptian armies that were in Najd. Muhammad bin Aun, Sharif of Mecca, who had been sent as an envoy with the agreement of these states, went to them with the aforementioned matters, hoping that they would fulfill them.