«War revolution» of Muhammad Ali in the Egypt in 1820s
https://doi.org/10.31162/2618-9569-2019-12-3-645-664
Abstract
The article analyzes the basic prerequisites, driving forces and results of Muhammad Ali’s military reform in Egypt in the 1820s. The author considers the formation of a new Egyptian army in the paradigm of M. Weber, as a complex process of monopolization of state power and standardization of behavior of subordinate social strata. Recruits from Sudan and Egypt became soldiers, learning the skills of discipline and regulations of the new industrial society, destroying traditional norms and customs. The new Egyptian army has formed a complex ethnic composition of European technicians and instructors, Turkish and Circassian officers, Arab and Sudanese soldiers. After the war-rehearsals in Arabia, Sudan and Greece, these troops managed to defeat the Ottoman army in Syria in 1831–1832 and 1839–1840.
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S. A. BogomolovRussian Federation
Sergey A. Bogomolov - Ph.D. (Hist.), Associate Professor, Independent researcher.
Ulyanovsk.
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Bogomolov S.A. «War revolution» of Muhammad Ali in the Egypt in 1820s. Minbar. Islamic Studies. 2019;12(3):645-664. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31162/2618-9569-2019-12-3-645-664
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