Albanian resistance and Sudan failures forced Mehmed Ali to conscript Egyptians

Evidence

The problem with this argument insofar as it pertains to the army, besides the obvious one of lumping together the entire rural population of Egypt under the general rubric of “fellahin,” is that the population of Egypt, far from enthusiastically flocking to serve in the army, was in fact very resentful of military service and strongly resisted serving in the army. … Recognizing that the scale of this resistance was alarming, that it was not localized but was widespread throughout Egypt, and that the rural population went out of their way to make this resistance obvious, it is still commonplace to argue that this was only a temporary reaction caused above all by “the fellah’s strong attachment to his land and the unfamiliarity of military life to him.” — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 92 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Mehmed Ali first looked to Sudanese slaves rather than Egyptian peasants for his army; Albanian troops resisted discipline because they regarded Mehmed Ali as first among equals; Mehmed Ali used the Wahhabi war to dispose of his troublesome Albanian troops (+12 more)

Related

• Conscript soldiers resisted the Pasha’s project and undermined his army’s power (similarity 0.93)
• Fellahin resistance to Mehmed Ali’s conscription was pervasive. (similarity 0.92)
• Egyptian conscripts served Mehmed Ali’s army entirely against their will (similarity 0.91)
• Albanian resistance and Sudanese failures forced conscription on Mehmed Ali (similarity 0.90)
• Over 30,000 Egyptians rebelled against Mehmed Ali’s conscription in 1824 (similarity 0.90)
• Albanian troops resisted discipline because they regarded Mehmed Ali as first among equals (similarity 0.89)
• Egyptian peasants strongly resisted conscription into Mehmed Ali’s army. (similarity 0.88)
• Egyptian peasants maimed themselves to escape conscription into Mehmed Ali’s army (similarity 0.88)
• Conscription arose only after Albanian insubordination and failed Sudanese recruitment (similarity 0.87)
• Egyptian conscripts resisted the Pasha’s army through desertion and self-mutilation (similarity 0.87)
• Failed Albanian training and slave losses forced reliance on conscripted fellahin. (similarity 0.86)
• Hospitalized Egyptian soldiers violently resisted medical authority. (similarity 0.86)
• Egyptian peasants strongly resisted conscription into the modern army (similarity 0.85)
• Mehmed Ali had exhausted alternatives before conscripting Egyptian peasants wholesale (similarity 0.84)
• Egyptian peasants universally hated conscription into Mehmed Ali’s army (similarity 0.84)

Broader Connections

• Egyptian conscripts served Mehmed Ali’s army entirely against their will #expands (0.80)
• Egyptian peasants strongly resisted conscription into Mehmed Ali’s army. #exemplifies (0.80) — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 92
• Fellahin resistance to Mehmed Ali’s conscription was pervasive. #exemplifies (0.80)
• Egyptian peasants maimed themselves to escape conscription into Mehmed Ali’s army #exemplifies (0.70)
• Mehmed Ali faced constraints that forced him to deviate from his own regulations #expands (0.60)