Mehmed Ali required all official correspondence to be written in Turkish.
Evidence
See his explicit order to have all letters dispatched to him to be written in Turkish and those that were written in Arabic to be accompanied by a Turkish translation; S/5/51/2/69 on 7 Za 1247/8 April 1832. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 403
Categorization
Category: Factual Claims
Related
- Mehmed Ali remained illiterate until about age fifty and dictated all his letters. (similarity 0.80)
- Mehmed Ali’s army depended on bilingual intermediaries bridging Turkish-speaking officers and Arabic-speaking soldiers (similarity 0.80)
- Mehmed Ali initially accepted illiterate officers due to time pressure (similarity 0.79)
- Historians’ reliance on Mehmed Ali’s own dictations produced a flattering orderly picture (similarity 0.79)
- Mehmed Ali admired Napoleon and ordered his biography translated into Turkish (similarity 0.78)
- Historians relying on Mehmed Ali’s own letters produce a sanitized account of his reign. (similarity 0.78)