Ibrahim Pasha ordered soldiers to obey without reasoning for themselves

Evidence

We remind and alert you that once you receive orders of attack hold your rifles tight in your hands and storm your targets like fire … Do not fear the enemy, because if they come with swords, then your bayonets will be longer; and if they come with muskets, then the continuous volleys that you have been trained to perform over the past eleven years will make every one of you count as ten of the enemy soldiers. You have to remember our order: first, storm quickly and forcibly and then strengthen your footholds; and, second, listen very carefully to the orders of your commanders and execute them without using your minds in understanding what they mean [wa lā ta’malū shai’an min ‘aqlikum]. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 645

Categorization

• DEFINE: Shows the doctrine of blind obedience central to the new drill-based Egyptian army.
• XREF: The instruction to obey without using one’s mind connects to reader’s own material on disciplined vs individualistic warfare.