Sultan Mahmud raised an army of eighty thousand to stop Ibrahim’s advance

Evidence

Most communications with Egypt were by sea where the Egyptian navy had a comfortable command over the waters of the eastern Mediterranean. Confronted with these defeats Sultan Mahmud II decided to raise yet another army in an attempt to “arrest the progress of an army whose success endangered the stability of his throne.” He therefore summoned the Sadrazam Mehmed Raşid Pasha (an ally and protégé of Husrev) and entrusted him with raising a new army from different provinces of the Empire. Towards the end of October 1832 the Sadrazam was able to raise a formidable army composed of 80,000 men divided into four major sections. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 182

Categorization

Category: Factual Claims

• SEED: The contrast between 80,000 hastily raised Ottomans and Ibrahim’s ~16,000 disciplined troops is a strong angle for a piece on why quality of organization beat quantity.

Related

• Sultan Mahmud II assembled an 80,000-man army in late 1832 to stop Ibrahim Pasha (similarity 0.88)
• The Sultan organized a new army of 80,000 men under Reshid Mehmed Pasha in a last-ditch attempt to block Ibrahim’s advance. (similarity 0.86)
• Ibrahim routed an 80,000-man Ottoman army at Konia (similarity 0.83)
• The Grand Vizier’s new army numbered almost 50,000 troops of ‘indifferent quality,’ while Ibrahim’s well-trained western-style army of under 30,000 won decisively at Konia. (similarity 0.81)
• The Sultan mobilized an 80,000-man army but Ibrahim still crushed it at Konia. (similarity 0.80)
• Ibrahim’s Egyptian army routed the Ottoman force at Konia in December 1832 (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• The Sultan mobilized an 80,000-man army but Ibrahim still crushed it at Konia. #corroborates (0.95) — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 250
• Ibrahim’s Syria capture panicked the Sultan into raising a new army #expands (0.70) — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 182