The Pasha’s army was partially modeled on Napoleon’s conscript army

Evidence

In an attempt to answer this question it compares the performance of the Pasha’s army with that of the Ottoman Sultan. It also offers a comparison with Napoleon’s army which was the first army to use conscripts on a national scale and along whose lines the Pasha’s army was partially modeled. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 126

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Mehmed Ali preferred Sultan Selim’s army model over Napoleon’s for organizing his forces; Mehmed Ali’s army model drew heavily on Ottoman precedent, not only French example; Mehmed Ali’s army drew equally from Ottoman as from French military models. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 425 (+1 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Mehmed Ali preferred Sultan Selim’s army model over Napoleon’s for organizing his forces; Mehmed Ali’s army model drew heavily on Ottoman precedent, not only French example; Mehmed Ali’s army drew equally from Ottoman as from French military models. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 425 (+1 more)