An Egyptian army colonel’s uniform cost 60,000 piastres

Evidence

A colonel’s costume was reported to cost 60,000 piastres; see David Nicolle, “Nizam – Egypt’s army in the nineteenth century,” Pt. I, The Army Quarterly and Defence Journal 108 (1978), p. 70. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1044

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Category: Factual Claims

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