Egyptian conscripts understood their loyalty as personal to Mehmed Ali.

Evidence

The soldiers themselves had no doubt in their minds that they were fighting for Mehmed Ali. When soldiers in Aleppo received news of the victory in Horns, they shouted together “God saves our master” (Allah yunṣur afandīīnā). — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1337