Ibrahim’s officer corps was corrupt and incompetent despite loyal battlefield soldiers

Evidence

His son, Ibrahim Pasha, faced similar pressing constraints. In his need to create a reliable officer corps he resorted to appointing men who were often incompetent and whom he had to keep a watchful eye on. As reliable as his soldiers were in battle, securing for him his most important military achievements, his officers, although remaining mostly loyal to him and his father, were corrupt, incompetent and often at odds with each other. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 951