Mehmed Ali’s army and wealth outmatched Napoleon’s earlier expedition

Evidence

Then he told him that although they had been able to withstand Napoleon’s siege thirty years earlier, they had no chance of succeeding this time, since he was much better prepared than Napoleon and his army had been. He added that if 200,000 shells were fired, “the price of each being three piasters, the total will be 1,200 kises, which is nothing for Mehmed Ali Pasha.” — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1321

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Mehmed Ali modeled himself on Napoleon and studied his military methods — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 421; Mehmed Ali preferred Sultan Selim’s army model over Napoleon’s for organizing his forces; Mehmed Ali’s army preceded Egypt’s national revolution while Napoleon’s followed France’s — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1369 (+4 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Mehmed Ali modeled himself on Napoleon and studied his military methods — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 421; Mehmed Ali preferred Sultan Selim’s army model over Napoleon’s for organizing his forces; Mehmed Ali’s army preceded Egypt’s national revolution while Napoleon’s followed France’s — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1369 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Mehmed Ali preferred Sultan Selim’s army model over Napoleon’s for organizing his forces #complicates (0.80)
• Mehmed Ali rejected Napoleon’s army model in favor of Sultan Selim’s organization for Egypt #complicates (0.80) — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 428
• Mehmed Ali rejected Napoleon’s army structure as unsuitable for his new force. #complicates (0.78) — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 428
• Mehmed Ali modeled himself on Napoleon and studied his military methods #complicates (0.75) — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 421
• Mehmed Ali admired Napoleon and ordered his biography translated into Turkish #complicates (0.74)
• Mehmed Ali’s army preceded Egypt’s national revolution while Napoleon’s followed France’s #complicates (0.72) — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1369
• Mehmed Ali’s army model drew heavily on Ottoman precedent, not only French example #complicates (0.72)