[1] After his return from Syria, Mahammad Ali appointed him to administrative positions.

But Ibrahim Pasha assigned him in 1848 to reorganize the army and appointed him as Nazir al-Jihadia (Minister of Defense).

[1] In the Crimean War, Ahmad Pasha al-Munkali replaced Lieutenant General Selim Fathi Pasha in command of the Egyptian armies in Crimea, after the latter was killed in the Battle of Eupatoria.

The wāli responded to his request on Muharram 15, 1272 AH, corresponding to September 27, 1855, and appointed Major General Isma'il Pasha Abu Jabal in his place.

[1] Al-Munkali took on the job of Nazir al-Jihadia (Minister of Defense) several times.