Mehmed Ali personally approved officer promotions, even on handwriting merits.

Evidence

30 A number of these letters survive; see for example, S/1/48/1/362 and 363 both on 18 Za 1239/16 July 1824; S/1/48/1/440 on 8 Ca 1240/30 December 1824 in which the Pasha approves the promotion of a certain Hüseyin Efendi because he has good handwriting (yazisi hoş); S/1/48/2/384 on 4 Z 1241/10 July 1826; Sham 10/251, on 29 Ra 1248/27 August 1832. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 990

Categorization

• XREF: Personal, centralized control of every promotion detail matches the book’s larger argument about the Pasha’s hands-on bureaucracy. — connects to: Mehmed Ali promoted officers on handwriting quality as well as merit.; Mehmed Ali engineered a senior officer corps deliberately loyal to himself; Married officers needed Mehmed Ali’s personal approval to wed (+8 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Mehmed Ali promoted officers on handwriting quality as well as merit.; Mehmed Ali engineered a senior officer corps deliberately loyal to himself; Married officers needed Mehmed Ali’s personal approval to wed (+8 more)

Broader Connections

• Mehmed Ali promoted officers on handwriting quality as well as merit. #expands (1.00)
• Mehmed Ali resolved promotion grievances by appeasement rather than investigation #complicates (0.78) — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 931
• Mehmed Ali imposed a ceiling on native Egyptian officer advancement #complicates (0.75) — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 450