More than a quarter of some Egyptian regiments were absent at a given time
Evidence
This is based on information from the yevmiyyet, i.e. journals of the regiments. See, e.g., that of the 13th Infantry Regiment in which more than 25% of the soldiers were missing: Sham 23/70, on 1 M 1249/21 May 1833; and that of the 12th Infantry Regiment in which 13% were missing: Sham 10/69, on 9 Ra 1248/6 August 1832. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1396
Categorization
Category: Factual Claims
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- Muhammad Ali’s regiments lost a quarter or more of their men to desertion. (similarity 0.84)
- Roughly one in three Egyptian conscripts deserted Mehmed Ali’s army (similarity 0.81)
- Egyptian soldiers were Arab recruits while officers were Turks. (similarity 0.80)
- Under half of collected Egyptian conscripts were fit for service (similarity 0.80)
- Desertion rates fluctuated between ten and twenty-five percent of Egyptian regiments (similarity 0.79)