Mehmed Ali harshly forbade prostitutes from living near military camps

Evidence

This case concerned two European officers, a pharmacist and a cartographer, who had “a dancer and a singer” in their tents at night. The Pasha’s language in this letter is particularly harsh and categorical in forbidding prostitutes from living near army camps. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1185

This case concerned two European officers, a pharmacist and a cartographer, who had “a dancer and a singer” in their tents at night. The Pasha’s language in this letter is particularly harsh and categorical in forbidding prostitutes from living near army camps. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1282

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Category: Factual Claims