Delays in military pay sparked a 1827 mutiny in which soldiers killed their commander

Evidence

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

• XREF: connects to: Delayed pay sparked mutiny and murder of Egyptian army officers.
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Delayed pay sparked mutiny and murder of Egyptian army officers.