The Hijaz campaign of 1823 forced Muhammad Ali to abandon living off the land

Evidence

When the Pasha dispatched one of his earliest regiments to the Hijaz to quell the ‘Asīrī revolt in 1823 he soon realized that their monthly pay would not be enough for their subsistence and that his new troops had to be fed by their units and not be allowed to live off the land as the old troops used to do. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 936

Categorization

  • XREF: connects to: The Hijaz campaign also served to purge Ali’s unruly mamluk troops; The Hijaz campaign served multiple distinct aims beyond obeying the Sultan. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 192
  • yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: The Hijaz campaign also served to purge Ali’s unruly mamluk troops; The Hijaz campaign served multiple distinct aims beyond obeying the Sultan. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 192