HIST 1308 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: King Assassination Riots, Iltizam, W. M. Keck Observatory
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Mehmed ali pasha is an albanian man who served in the albanian military. He was sent to restore peace in egypt and he was successful. He then becomes ruler of egypt after forcing the governor to step down. Many consider mehmed ali pasha the father of egypt. However, pasha hated the egyptian people and saw them as a good source of labor but nothing more. Mehmed ali pasha did not even speak arabic, the language of the. In 1811, pasha massacres the malmuks which removed all opposition to his rule. He then reforms the egyptian armies via mass conscriptions. Mass conscription is a french model of armed force that lets anybody become a soldier. Pasha recruits sudanese slaves but many of them die due to drastic mistreatment. Pasha then recruits egyptian peasants and hires french officers to train his troops. An imam accompanies these recruits and enjoys france and begins speaking french.
