Egyptian conscripts saw their own officers as the enemy rather than the Ottomans

Evidence

The soldiers gradually came to see their own commanding officers and not the enemy they were fighting as the “other.” How does the nationalist discourse explain the fact that the Egyptian soldiers resisted serving in the army, allegedly the national institution, or that they saw their own officers and not the Ottoman army as the other? — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1670

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1670
• XREF: connects to: The army’s story centers on conscripted men, not the commanding Pasha; Egyptian soldiers served under Turkish officers in the reformed army; Egyptian conscripts experienced the army as a hated, lifelong ordeal (+8 more)

Broader Connections

• Mehmed Ali’s army unwittingly fostered Egyptian nationalism by turning fellahs against their Turkish officers #expands (0.85) — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1371
• Egyptian conscripts resisted the Pasha’s army through desertion and self-mutilation #corroborates (0.80)
• Conscript soldiers resisted the Pasha’s project and undermined his army’s power #expands (0.70)
• Egyptian conscripts served Mehmed Ali’s army entirely against their will #corroborates (0.60)