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Military power under the successors

Military power under the successors

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

— before him it fell on thepoor only, for an unlimited term
Point of comparisonAbbasSaid
Care of the armyNot given care; he admitted a large number of Arnauts into his service to be his chosen troopsWorked to care for the army
Conscription—Made it compulsory for all, of every class, for a short period
The fleet—Cared for it, but England, watching the situation, hinted to the sultan that he should not renew it
  • After that, people began to love military service and no longer saw it as a form of social discrimination.

The era of Isma'il

  • Sending a military mission to France from the best officers of the army to absorb experience.
  • Bringing a French military mission of officers to organise the Egyptian military schools; some of these men took over the directorship of certain schools.
  • Renewing the fleet, restoring activity to the Alexandria arsenal, renewing its naval school and building another beside the arsenal.
  • Issuing two newspapers for military affairs to educate servicemen (1873).
  • Care of the merchant fleet and founding a commercial navigation company that revived foreign trade and eased sea communications with other countries.
  • The army weakened late in Isma'il's reign because of the financial crisis and the disorder of government affairs, until it fell under English control after the occupation of 1882.

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