Mehmed Ali deliberately displayed his army’s pay and comfort to Ottoman spies
Evidence
When an Ottoman spy was captured during the early days of the Syrian campaign, Mehmed Ali wrote to his son: he said he should show him around the camps and tell him, “You have now known how much the Egyptian officers and soldiers are paid and have seen the degree of comfort and freedom they enjoy. Now go and report this to your Istanbullite colleagues who live in misery and shame and you will have served your faith properly.” — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1546
Categorization
- CANDY: A vivid, quotable anecdote: the Pasha used a captured spy as a propaganda messenger for his army’s superiority.
- XREF: connects to: Mehmed Ali recruited Ottoman officers but risked losing his own to defection — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1335; Mehmed Ali’s army pioneered state-supplied logistics but pay chronically fell into arrears — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 935; Mehmed Ali deliberately performed a mysterious, all-powerful persona for European visitors — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 63
- yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Mehmed Ali recruited Ottoman officers but risked losing his own to defection — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1335; Mehmed Ali’s army pioneered state-supplied logistics but pay chronically fell into arrears — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 935; Mehmed Ali deliberately performed a mysterious, all-powerful persona for European visitors — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 63
Broader Connections
- Mehmed Ali’s army pioneered state-supplied logistics but pay chronically fell into arrears
#complicates(0.78) — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 935 - Mehmed Ali recruited Ottoman officers but risked losing his own to defection
#complicates(0.75) — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1335