Egyptian Army (Khedivate of Egypt)

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The Egyptian Army of the Khedivate of Egypt was the 19th-century modernized military force of the semi-autonomous Ottoman-ruled Egyptian state, central to its regional power, internal control, and participation in conflicts such as the Ottoman and Sudanese campaigns.

All labels observed (9)

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Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf army ⓘ
military organization ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Khedivate of Egypt ⓘ
commandedBy Khedive Abbas II Hilmi ⓘ
Khedive Ismail Pasha ⓘ
Khedive Tewfik Pasha ⓘ
linked to: Tewfik Pasha
country Khedivate of Egypt ⓘ
dissolved 1914 ⓘ
employs Circassian officers ⓘ
Egyptian fellahin conscripts ⓘ
European military advisers ⓘ
Sudanese soldiers ⓘ
Turkish-speaking officers ⓘ
follows Egyptian Army (Muhammad Ali dynasty) ⓘ
hasCharacteristic conscription-based ⓘ
increasing British control after 1882 ⓘ
modernized on European lines ⓘ
multi-ethnic composition ⓘ
officer corps influenced by European training ⓘ
hasRole border defense ⓘ
imperial expeditionary force ⓘ
instrument of khedival authority ⓘ
internal security force ⓘ
support to Ottoman military operations ⓘ
headquartersLocation Cairo ⓘ
inception 1867 ⓘ
inConflict Balkan and Ottoman imperial operations (as auxiliary forces) ⓘ
Mahdist War ⓘ
Ottoman campaigns in Arabia ⓘ
Sudanese campaigns ⓘ
Urabi Revolt ⓘ
influencedBy British military doctrine ⓘ
French military doctrine ⓘ
Ottoman military system ⓘ
locatedIn Cairo ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
militaryBranch land forces ⓘ
operatedIn Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region

Sudan ⓘ
partOf Armed forces of the Khedivate of Egypt ⓘ
Egyptian armed forces (Ottoman vassal state) ⓘ
precededBy Egyptian Army (Muhammad Ali’s early reforms) ⓘ
reorganizedAs Egyptian Army (Sultanate of Egypt) ⓘ
linked to: Royal Egyptian Army

Egyptian Expeditionary Force (under British control) ⓘ
subordinateTo Khedive of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Khedive

Ottoman Sultan (de jure) ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman sultan
usedBy Khedive Abbas II Hilmi ⓘ
Khedive Ismail Pasha ⓘ
Khedive Tewfik Pasha ⓘ
linked to: Tewfik Pasha

Ottoman Empire ⓘ
usedInWar Anglo-Egyptian Sudan campaigns ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Royal Egyptian Army → precededBy → Egyptian Army (Khedivate of Egypt) ⓘ
Sudan Defence Force → precededBy → Egyptian Army units in Sudan ⓘ
linked to: Egyptian Army (Khedivate of Egypt)
Mahdist War → opposingForce → Egyptian Army ⓘ
linked to: Egyptian Army (Khedivate of Egypt)
Battle of Omdurman → hasParticipant → Egyptian Army ⓘ
linked to: Egyptian Army (Khedivate of Egypt)
Egyptian Army (Khedivate of Egypt) → follows → Egyptian Army (Muhammad Ali dynasty) ⓘ
linked to: Egyptian Army (Khedivate of Egypt)
Egyptian Army (Khedivate of Egypt) → precededBy → Egyptian Army (Muhammad Ali’s early reforms) ⓘ
linked to: Egyptian Army (Khedivate of Egypt)
Egyptian Army (Khedivate of Egypt) → partOf → Egyptian armed forces (Ottoman vassal state) ⓘ
linked to: Egyptian Army (Khedivate of Egypt)
Battle of Nizip → involvedForce → Egyptian regular army ⓘ
linked to: Egyptian Army (Khedivate of Egypt)
Wāli of Egypt → associatedWithInstitution → Ottoman army in Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Egyptian Army (Khedivate of Egypt)
Osman Digna → opponent → Egyptian Khedivial forces ⓘ
linked to: Egyptian Army (Khedivate of Egypt)