Husrev Pasha already trained mamluk troops along French lines before Mehmed Ali

Evidence

Immediately after the departure of the French army from Egypt Husrev Pasha, the new Ottoman Vali (whom we have already seen in the previous chapter and who would later become Mehmed Ali’s life-long nemesis) set out to train some of the mamluk soldiers along French lines after enlisting in his service all those French officers who stayed behind when their army left Egypt. Husrev also formed a Sudanese regiment and trained it in the French style after tailoring for them “tight” French uniforms. These he formed into a private escort guard for himself, and he appointed an officer to “teach them the positions of the French.” — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 423

Categorization

Category: Factual Claims

• XREF: Connects to the previous chapter’s account of Husrev Pasha as Mehmed Ali’s nemesis, and to broader Ottoman-French military exchange.

Related

• Husrev Pasha trained Sudanese and mamluk troops on the French model before Mehmed Ali (similarity 0.97)
• Ottoman governor Husrev formed French-trained elite regiments before Mehmed Ali rose (similarity 0.93)
• Mehmed Ali’s army model drew heavily on Ottoman precedent, not only French example (similarity 0.85)
• Mehmed Ali’s army drew equally from Ottoman as from French military models. (similarity 0.82)
• Mehmed Ali ousted Husrev Pasha from Egypt and became vali himself (similarity 0.79)
• The new Egyptian officer corps was recruited from mamluks and Turkish speakers (similarity 0.79)
• Husrev Pasha led Ottoman army reforms modeled on Mehmed Ali’s Egyptian system (similarity 0.79)
• Mehmed Ali borrowed from the Ottomans as much as from the French (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Mehmed Ali borrowed from the Ottomans as much as from the French #corroborates (0.85) — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 425