Mehmed Ali demanded 36,000 uniforms yet saw production fall far behind.
Evidence
95 See for example Mehmed Ali’s sarcastic letter to his deputy reprimanding him for completing only one-third of the uniforms (36,000 in all) in half the time he was allotted; Katkhoda 1/72, on 21 Ca 1239/14 January 1824. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1054
Categorization
Category: Factual Claims
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