The army drove creation of Egypt’s factories, schools, and hospitals

Evidence

Together, these two developments, the introduction and cultivation on a large scale of long-staple cotton and the building of a modern army, formed the twin pillars of the Pasha’s regime and none of the other institutions that Egypt witnessed during the first half of the nineteenth century parallels their importance. While cotton cultivation radically changed the nature of Egyptian agriculture, altered Cairo’s relationship with the provinces, increased Egypt’s link to the European economy and significantly increased the government’s budget, the army had an unparalleled impact on society since besides conscripting Egyptians for the first time in centuries, it triggered the need to found more and more institutions which together radically transformed the face of Egyptian society. The army occupied central stage among the Pasha’s numerous institutions and was the raison d’être of various other impressive institutions. For example, the many factories that were founded were intended mainly to produce commodities for the use of the army, which was their most important market. Similarly, most of the schools that were opened were aiming at graduating officers for the army. Likewise, the earliest modern hospitals to be built in Egypt were essentially military hospitals that were constructed near camps with high troop concentration. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 75

While cotton cultivation radically changed the nature of Egyptian agriculture, altered Cairo’s relationship with the provinces, increased Egypt’s link to the European economy and significantly increased the government’s budget, the army had an unparalleled impact on society since besides conscripting Egyptians for the first time in centuries, it triggered the need to found more and more institutions which together radically transformed the face of Egyptian society. The army occupied central stage among the Pasha’s numerous institutions and was the raison d’être of various other impressive institutions. For example, the many factories that were founded were intended mainly to produce commodities for the use of the army, which was their most important market. Similarly, most of the schools that were opened were aiming at graduating officers for the army. Likewise, the earliest modern hospitals to be built in Egypt were essentially military hospitals that were constructed near camps with high troop concentration. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 75

Categorization

• XREF: Directly relevant to the reader’s question about the birth of the modern Egyptian army as an institutional trigger.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 75