Point 5 of 5 — Lesson 17: Egypt under the Successors of Muhammad Ali and Ismail – Education, Culture, Government and ArmyQuestion bank: 0 questions (0 with pictures)
05Military power under the successors
The shrinking of Muhammad Ali's influence through the London Settlement and the firman of 1841, and the shrinking of Egypt's borders, had negative effects on military organisation.
Abbas and Said
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Abbas
Said
Care of the army
Not given care; he admitted a large number ofArnautsinto his service to be hischosen troops
Worked tocare for the army
Conscription
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Made itcompulsory for all, of every class, for a short period
— before him it fell on thepoor only, for an unlimited term
The fleet
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Cared for it, butEngland, watching the situation, hinted to the sultan that he should not renew it
After that, people began tolove military service and no longer saw it as a form of social discrimination.
The era of Isma'il
Sending amilitary mission to France from the best officers of the army to absorb experience.
Bringing aFrench military mission of officersto organise the Egyptianmilitary schools; some of these men took over the directorship of certain schools.
Renewing the fleet, restoring activity to theAlexandria arsenal, renewing itsnaval school and building another beside the arsenal.
Issuingtwo newspapers for military affairsto educate servicemen(1873).
Care of themerchant fleetand founding acommercial navigation company that revived foreign trade and eased sea communications with other countries.
The armyweakened late in Isma'il's reignbecause of thefinancial crisis and the disorder of government affairs, until it fell under English control after the occupation of 1882.
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