Turkish officers routinely abused and cheated their Egyptian conscript soldiers

Evidence

The soldiers gradually came to see their own commanding officers and not the enemy they were fighting as the “other.” How does the nationalist discourse explain the fact that the Egyptian soldiers resisted serving in the army, allegedly the national institution, or that they saw their own officers and not the Ottoman army as the other? — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1670 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Egyptian soldiers served under Turkish officers in the reformed army; The ‘Urabi Revolt was partly a revolt of Arabic-speaking officers against Turkish-speaking superiors. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1368; Egyptian conscripts experienced the army as a hated, lifelong ordeal (+6 more)

Related

• Egyptian soldiers served under Turkish officers in the reformed army (similarity 0.87)
• Turkish officers systematically abused and despised their Egyptian soldier rank-and-file. (similarity 0.85)
• Egyptian conscripts saw their own officers as the enemy rather than the Ottomans (similarity 0.85)
• Egyptian army officers routinely abused and extorted their fellahin soldiers (similarity 0.84)
• The ‘Urabi Revolt was partly a revolt of Arabic-speaking officers against Turkish-speaking superiors. (similarity 0.83)
• Ottoman officers readily defected to serve in the Egyptian army (similarity 0.82)
• Egyptian soldiers feigned illness to escape front-line duty. (similarity 0.78)
• Egyptian peasant conscripts hated the army so much they deserted and maimed themselves. (similarity 0.78)
• Conscripted Egyptian soldiers saw the army as hated brutal coercion (similarity 0.78)
• Mehmed Ali’s officer corps spoke Turkish while common soldiers spoke Arabic. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Soldiers deserted primarily because officers beat them arbitrarily #expands (0.75)
• Egyptian conscripts saw their own officers as the enemy rather than the Ottomans #expands (0.70) — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1670
• Egyptian army discipline shifted from brutal force to abstract internalized controls #contradicts (0.55)
• Egyptian conscripts served Mehmed Ali’s army entirely against their will #corroborates (0.50)
• Conscript soldiers resisted the Pasha’s project and undermined his army’s power #corroborates (0.50)
• Egyptian conscripts resisted the Pasha’s army through desertion and self-mutilation #corroborates (0.40)