Egyptian military conscription began in Upper Egypt

Evidence

Having seen the Pasha in his palace at the beginning of this Introduction and having placed his military career in a wider context in chapter 1, chapter 2 takes a step back in time, as it were, and tries to uncover the origins of the idea of creating a modern army. The chapter proceeds with a review of the earliest steps taken to create the army, namely the training of what was to become the nucleus of the officer corps and, more importantly, the beginning of the conscription policy as initially applied to Upper Egypt. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 122

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Egypt’s modern army was founded through conscription in 1820–21 — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 70; Mehmed Ali founded a conscription-based army in Egypt in 1820 — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 70; The 1822 decree initiated conscription of Egypt’s fellahin into the army. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 444
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Egypt’s modern army was founded through conscription in 1820–21 — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 70; Mehmed Ali founded a conscription-based army in Egypt in 1820 — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 70; The 1822 decree initiated conscription of Egypt’s fellahin into the army. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 444