New Egyptian regiments were ceremonially inaugurated by the Pasha personally presenting their banner

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After the soldiers had been trained and their officers appointed and after the entire regiment had been prepared to be dispatched to its destination, a festive ceremony was held in which the banner was delivered by the Pasha in person to the colonel of the regiment, thus officially marking the birth of a new regiment. … This banner is the symbol of victory, of pride, of life and of faith … Make sure it does not fall while there is still a breath of life left in any one of you. If it does fall – God forbid – then let the spot on which it falls be the spot on which you die. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1308

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• XREF: Relates to the reader’s interest in how Mehmed Ali built institutional culture in his new army - the ritual creation of unit identity parallels how the ‘Complaints About Immodesty’ article treats clothing/banners as markers of identity.