Syrian authorities failed to deliver promised camels, crippling army supply

Evidence

When his supply lines got longer and longer in his war against the Wahhabis and in order to prepare for the final attack on the Saudi capital, Dar‘iyya, it was realized at least 20,000 camels were required, only 3,000 of which had been secured from Syria in spite of repeated promises of help from the vali of Damascus. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 210

Categorization

• XREF: Logistics scale of pre-modern desert campaigns connects to general military-supply literature like the camel trains of other desert expeditions.