Government schooling enabled a manumitted slave to rise to high office in Egypt

Evidence

Absorbed by this mystery and still at an educational crossroads himself, Alï researched the source of Anbar Effendi’s power and found out that he was indeed a manumitted slave, and that his last owner had enrolled him in the recently established Qasr al-Aynï School, now identified as "the road to wealth and power." Alï Mubärak decided, finally, that if this school, estab- lished by the government, could enable a former slave to achieve so much, then it was the path for him too, and so at the age of twelve he enrolled in Qasr al-`Aynï. — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 266

Categorization

Category: Factual Claims

• XREF: Connects to the broader theme of how colonial-era state institutions in Egypt created new routes to power, contrasting with Sudan’s experience.

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• Government schools enabled an ex-slave to rise to high office, launching Mubärak’s career (similarity 0.89)

Broader Connections

• Mehmed Ali first looked to Sudanese slaves rather than Egyptian peasants for his army #complicates (0.55) — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 410
• Egyptian elites took pride in slave descent as a path to nobility. #corroborates (0.40) — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 647