Deserting officers were hanged while captains and below were beaten
Evidence
That was for officers from colonel to captain; officers from the rank of captain to that of corporal would be beaten: Awamir lil-Jihadiyya 1/36, on 28 M 1248/27 June 1832. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1396
Categorization
Category: Factual Claims