Patronage-based appointment legitimated reciprocal nepotism throughout the officer corps

Evidence

If these senior officers had been appointed to their positions mostly on the strength of their personal relationship to Mehmed Ali or some member of his household, why should they not do the same thing themselves and appoint or promote some of their own friends or members of their families? — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 932

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Nepotism at the top reproduced itself down the officer hierarchy — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 932
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Nepotism at the top reproduced itself down the officer hierarchy — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 932