Mehmed Ali’s advisors initially opposed a standing disciplined army
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There is no doubt that the creation of a modern standing army that was disciplined, well trained and regularly paid was the creation of the Pasha and that his close advisors did not receive the idea with much enthusiasm. However, little is known about the origins of this idea and how it gradually developed in the Pasha’s mind, or, indeed, how it was eventually made possible by the help and collaboration of his assistants and advisors. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 416
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