Delayed pay sparked mutiny and murder of Egyptian army officers.
Evidence
65 See, for example, the case of the rebellion by troops in Upper Egypt in April 1827, in which they attacked, killed and then mutilated the body of their commander, Abdin Cashef. Although it seems that there were other reasons for this rebellion, Salt is no doubt that it was at least sparked off by delays in pay; FO 78/160, Salt, dispatches of 13, 22 and 22 April 1827. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1025
Categorization
Category: Causal Relationships
- XREF: “Pay delays cause mutiny” is a recurring theme across armies — connects to general military history and the idea that military discipline follows money.
Related
- Egyptian army kept paying dead soldiers’ salaries until notified of death (similarity 0.79)
- Early Egyptian desertions stemmed from discipline problems, not low pay (similarity 0.78)