Muhammad Ali’s regiments lost a quarter or more of their men to desertion.

Evidence

99 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…, 1487

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