Defeat of the Ottoman army implied defeat of the Prophet’s own soldiers.

Evidence

Referring to the Ottoman defeats was an embarrassing matter for the officials in Mehmed Ali’s administration. There is also the added tension embedded in the term “The Crushed Soldiers” since it implies “The Crushed Soldiers of Muhammad,” something that Mehmed Munib obviously tried to hide by putting the possessive suffix “miz” after the word “makhure” to try, firstly, to apply the defeat inflicted to the Sultan’s own army and, secondly, to avoid implying that it was the Prophet Muhammad’s soldiers that were defeated! — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 961

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• DEFINE: Explains the religious charge embedded in the official Ottoman army title ‘The Victorious Soldiers of Muhammad’ and why the ‘Crushed’ substitution was so explosive.