Mehmed Ali’s modern army postdates his Arabian and Sudanese campaigns

Evidence

The fact remains, however, that the Pasha started building his modern army only in the middle of his career – after he had already conducted his Arabian and Sudanese campaigns, thus marking them off distinctly from the Morean and Syrian campaigns in so far as the size and nature of the military forces engaging in them are concerned. The way the Hijaz campaign was conducted, for example, with serious logistical problems34 and a badly trained soldiery which was a mixture of Maghribis, Sudanese, Greeks and Armenians, contrasts sharply with the superb logistical organization and the well-trained, disciplined troops under the command of Ibrahim Pasha in the Morean and the Syrian wars. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 202

Categorization

• XREF: Directly serves the reader’s stated question about the birth of the modern Egyptian army — it establishes the chronological origin point.