Returning Egyptian soldiers mutinied rather than endure quarantine.

Evidence

The reaction to the imposition of quarantines was no different. Seeing this as another abrupt intervention in their lives, soldiers attempted to evade the quarantines by all means. After spending nearly two years in Syria and being excited about going back home, soldiers disembarking at Damietta were asked to stay on board their ships for the duration of the quarantine. When they staged a minor mutiny in which the captain of the ship as well as the sentries were beaten by the soldiers, a battalion had to be sent from Cairo to assist the quarantine officials to restore order in the port. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1159

Categorization

Category: Factual Claims

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• Egyptian soldiers mutinied, held officers prisoner, and were slaughtered when they tried to desert (similarity 0.84)
• Quarantine orders provoked violent soldier resistance requiring battalion enforcement (similarity 0.84)
• Egyptian soldiers feigned illness to escape front-line duty. (similarity 0.83)
• Egyptian soldiers faked illness to dodge frontline duty and stay in hospitals (similarity 0.82)
• Hospitalized Egyptian soldiers violently resisted medical authority. (similarity 0.81)
• Egyptian conscripts resisted the Pasha’s army through desertion and self-mutilation (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Egyptian conscripts resisted the Pasha’s army through desertion and self-mutilation #exemplifies (0.55) — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1701
• Hospitalized Egyptian soldiers violently resisted medical authority. #expands (0.50) — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1157
• Disabled Egyptian soldiers were retained and regrouped rather than released to their villages #expands (0.40) — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1340