Egyptian peasants overwhelmingly resisted conscription despite ideological appeals, via open rebellion

Evidence

The problem with this argument insofar as it pertains to the army, besides the obvious one of lumping together the entire rural population of Egypt under the general rubric of “fellahin,” is that the population of Egypt, far from enthusiastically flocking to serve in the army, was in fact very resentful of military service and strongly resisted serving in the army. … Recognizing that the scale of this resistance was alarming, that it was not localized but was widespread throughout Egypt, and that the rural population went out of their way to make this resistance obvious, it is still commonplace to argue that this was only a temporary reaction caused above all by “the fellah’s strong attachment to his land and the unfamiliarity of military life to him.” — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 92 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The new Egyptian army suppressed a peasant revolt by killing thousands including kin; Egyptian peasant conscription began as a three-year substitute for Turkish troops; Over 30,000 Egyptians rebelled against Mehmed Ali’s conscription in 1824 (+14 more)

Related

• Egyptian peasants strongly resisted conscription into the modern army (similarity 0.94)
• Egyptian peasants strongly resisted conscription into Mehmed Ali’s army. (similarity 0.93)
• Egyptian peasants blinded and mutilated themselves to evade conscription. (similarity 0.93)
• Over 30,000 Egyptians rebelled against Mehmed Ali’s conscription in 1824 (similarity 0.92)
• Egyptian peasants maimed themselves to escape conscription into Mehmed Ali’s army (similarity 0.91)
• Egyptian peasants experienced conscription as oppressive taxation rather than patriotic service (similarity 0.91)
• Egyptian conscripts resisted the Pasha’s army through desertion and self-mutilation (similarity 0.91)
• Egyptian conscripts served Mehmed Ali’s army entirely against their will (similarity 0.88)
• Conscription drove Egyptian peasants to refuse marriage and childbearing (similarity 0.88)
• Hospitalized Egyptian soldiers violently resisted medical authority. (similarity 0.88)
• Fellahin resistance to Mehmed Ali’s conscription was pervasive. (similarity 0.88)
• Egyptian peasant conscription began as a three-year substitute for Turkish troops (similarity 0.87)
• Egyptian peasants openly rebelled against Muhammad Ali’s conscription policies (similarity 0.87)
• Egyptian peasants universally hated conscription into Mehmed Ali’s army (similarity 0.87)
• Conscript soldiers resisted the Pasha’s project and undermined his army’s power (similarity 0.85)

Broader Connections

• Egyptian peasants strongly resisted conscription into the modern army #corroborates (0.80)
• Egyptian peasants strongly resisted conscription into Mehmed Ali’s army. #corroborates (0.80) — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 92
• Egyptian peasants maimed themselves to escape conscription into Mehmed Ali’s army #expands (0.70)
• Egyptian peasants blinded and mutilated themselves to evade conscription. #expands (0.70)
• Egyptian conscripts resisted the Pasha’s army through desertion and self-mutilation #expands (0.70)
• Egyptian peasants experienced conscription as oppressive taxation rather than patriotic service #qualifies (0.60)
• Conscription drove Egyptian peasants to refuse marriage and childbearing #expands (0.50) — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1355
• Ibrahim Pasha equated open-ended conscription with captivity, explaining peasant resistance #responds-to (0.50)
• Peasant resistance to conscription catalyzed a new regime of state control #expands (0.40) — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 490
• French peasants resisted Revolutionary conscription as an unwelcome tax in blood #exemplifies (0.40) — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1364
• Hospitalized Egyptian soldiers violently resisted medical authority. #expands (0.40)
• Conscription transformed the relation between Egyptian government and governed #expands (0.40)
• Egyptian villagers resisted vaccination fearing it marked children for conscription #complicates (0.30)
• Peasants resisted vaccination fearing it marked sons for conscription. #complicates (0.30)