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.

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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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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)