Mehmed Ali borrowed from the Ottomans as much as from the French

Evidence

Still, it was only in 1838 that Mehmed Ali decided to get rid of the Ottoman suzerainty altogether and to ask for independence. For the seven-year period from the inauguration of hostilities and up to that time the Pasha was only claiming to be after reforming the Ottoman Empire. This does not seem to have been a mere pretext on the part of the Pasha. He might not have believed in it entirely himself, but at the same time he could not think of himself as an outcast vali rebelling against the Ottoman Sultan; he needed to think of himself as doing something from within the Ottoman Empire and not against it. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 261 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Mehmed Ali’s army model drew heavily on Ottoman precedent, not only French example; Husrev Pasha already trained mamluk troops along French lines before Mehmed Ali; Mehmed Ali preferred Sultan Selim’s army model over Napoleon’s for organizing his forces (+8 more)

Related

• Mehmed Ali’s army model drew heavily on Ottoman precedent, not only French example (similarity 0.87)
• Mehmed Ali’s army drew equally from Ottoman as from French military models. (similarity 0.84)
• Mehmed Ali framed his conquests as Ottoman reform, not rebellion, until 1838 (similarity 0.84)
• Husrev Pasha trained Sudanese and mamluk troops on the French model before Mehmed Ali (similarity 0.84)
• Husrev Pasha already trained mamluk troops along French lines before Mehmed Ali (similarity 0.83)
• Ottoman sultans distrusted Mehmed Ali from his earliest years in power (similarity 0.83)
• Mehmed Ali’s wars may be internal Ottoman power struggles rather than nationalist bids (similarity 0.82)
• Mehmed Ali seized most of the Sultan’s Arabic-speaking provinces by the mid-1830s (similarity 0.82)
• Mehmed Ali and his officials thought of themselves as Ottomans, not Egyptians. (similarity 0.82)
• Mehmed Ali’s ambivalence stemmed from rebellion against the Sultan while seeking his forgiveness (similarity 0.81)
• Mehmed Ali’s wars against the Sultan were dynastic, not national (similarity 0.81)
• Mehmed Ali’s quest for independence was a dynastic struggle, not nationalist. (similarity 0.81)
• Mehmed Ali did not seek independence from the Ottomans until 1838 (similarity 0.80)
• Mehmed Ali’s army was a personal, dynastic force rather than a national one. (similarity 0.80)
• Mehmed Ali’s wars were dynastic struggles within the Ottoman Empire, not nationalist campaigns (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Mehmed Ali framed his conquests as Ottoman reform, not rebellion, until 1838 #corroborates (0.70) — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 261
• Mehmed Ali sought Syria and a Sultan’s pardon simultaneously #corroborates (0.65)
• Mehmed Ali hoped to gain Syria while remaining a pardoned Ottoman vassal #corroborates (0.60)
• Mehmed Ali did not seek independence from the Ottomans until 1838 #corroborates (0.55) — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 257
• Mehmed Ali’s wars may be internal Ottoman power struggles rather than nationalist bids #corroborates (0.50) — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 199