All the Pasha's Men
Subtitle: Mehmed Ali, his Army and the Making of Modern Egypt (Cambridge Middle East Studies)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 13, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780521560078
Subjects: African history; Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900; Middle East - Egypt; Governor of Egypt,; Military; Armies; Egypt - History; History - General History; Jaysh; History: World; ASIA; Egypt; History; Middle East - General; Biography & Autobiography / Military; Egypt.--Jaysh--History--19th century; History / Middle East; History-Middle East - General; Military life; Muòhammad °Alåi Båashåa,; 1769-1849; 19th century; Egypt.
First sentence: In 1825 in a frank and candid interview with one of his French military advisors Mehmed Ali is reported to have said I am now the most important man [l'homme du jour] in the entire Ottoman Empire.