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The fleet and the arms factories

The fleet and the arms factories

Point 6 of 6 — Lesson 14: Building the Modern State – Education, Administration and Army under Muhammad AliQuestion bank: 0 questions (0 with pictures)

06The fleet and the arms factories

The fleet

  • The Egyptian navy began in 1810, when Muhammad Ali entered the Wahhabi wars.
  • He built an arsenal at Bolac (1810) and then at Alexandria to build war and merchant ships.
  • He founded a camp to teach sailors among the rank and file, and a hospital and a naval school on board one of the ships to train naval officers.
  • He sent missions of naval officers to France and England to complete their training practically on board European warships.

Arms and ammunition factories

  • He founded weapons factories in Egypt so as to do without importing arms, and built the forts and fortifications needed to defend the country's vulnerable frontiers.

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