Ibrahim saw Egyptian conscripts as his family’s slaves in his own words

Evidence

Similarly, Ibrahim might have felt closer to his Egyptian subjects than his father did; still he had no illusions that they were his slaves fighting for the fame and glory of his family. When his father first opened the subject of conscripting men from Syria to join his army, he replied saying that he did not see it fit to do so in that year. Nor did he approve of his father’s coming to Syria to supervise the process. He explained that “the problems we are facing in Egypt due to conscripting our subjects (reayamɩz) are not over yet, in spite of the fact that Egypt is in our possession and its inhabitants are but our common slaves (Mɩsɩr mülkümüz ve ahalisi bayağɩ memlukümüz iken).” — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1322

Categorization

• DEFINE: Ibrahim’s own bilingual quote explicitly spells out the reaya/slave (memluk) status framing of Egyptian subjects.