Officer quarrels and careerism were contained solely by Ibrahim Pasha’s personal authority.

Evidence

The officer corps of Mehmed Ali’s army was thus characterized by an odd mixture of their members; and their failure to create a working esprit de corps was offset only by Ibrahim Pasha’s strong and decisive leadership. Realizing that they were profit-seekers and unwieldy he was constantly complaining of their impetuous behavior to his father in Cairo. … Ibrahim reprimanded Saleh Bey so heavily that he told his father that he doubted that a court martial would have been that harsh. The reason he went so far, he explained, was that Saleh Bey was a stubborn, thick-headed man (kafasɩ kalɩn). Ibrahim did not have very kind words to say about Süleyman Bey either. He said that since he was originally French, he is known be rude and quick tempered. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 928