Mehmed Ali executed civilians for spreading unruly rumors

Evidence

In one incident, for example, when the protracted siege of Acre caused disquiet in Cairo and rumors started spreading among the civilian population, Mehmed Ali ordered three people to be beheaded and their bodies to be hanged on one of the old gates of Cairo with labels on their breasts reading “This is the fate which awaits those who cannot govern their tongues.” During the Syrian uprising against Mehmed Ali’s rule in 1834 a man was hanged and left hanging for a long time for spreading rumors. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 672

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• Mehmed Ali decimated a mutinous regiment to terrorize his new army into obedience #corroborates (0.60) — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 919