Twenty-two thousand camp followers lived on army camps’ outskirts before being barred

Evidence

An estimated 22,000 women and children, for example, are supposed to have lived on the outskirts of the Hankah camp near Abū Za’bal. Ultimately, however, and mainly for health reasons, this practice was stopped, the shanty-towns appended to the camps were dismantled, and strict regulations were enforced preventing the soldiers from having access to their families. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 628

Categorization

Category: Factual Claims

Related

• Military recruits’ families briefly followed them as camp shanty-towns before being excluded (similarity 0.88)
• Mehmed Ali’s army initially allowed families to follow soldiers to camp (similarity 0.86)
• Conscripted soldiers were initially permitted to keep families at camp (similarity 0.82)

Broader Connections

• Conscripted soldiers were initially permitted to keep families at camp #qualifies (0.70) — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 657