A handpicked Egyptian elite force named for the French National Guard lasted till 1849.
Evidence
This was a special elite force that was handpicked by Ibrahim Pasha himself; Vekayi-i Mɩsɩriyye, issue no. 172, on 13 S 1246 24 July 1831. It was disbanded by Abbas Pasha in 1849; Dhawat 5/61, on 23 S 1265 19 January 1849. It seems it was named after the French National Guard. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 964
Categorization
Category: Factual Claims
- XREF: Connects to the reader’s interest in the birth of the modern Egyptian army and its French institutional borrowings.
Related
- Ibrahim Pasha handpicked an elite unit later disbanded by Abbas in 1849. (similarity 0.94)