All the Pasha's Men: Mehmed Ali, His Army and the Making of Modern Egypt

by Khaled Fahmy

Book Overview

While scholarship has traditionally viewed Mehmed Ali Pasha as the founder of modern Egypt, Khaled Fahmy offers a new interpretation of his role in the rise of Egyptian nationalism, firmly locating him within the Ottoman context as an ambitious, if problematic, Ottoman reformer. Basing his work on previously neglected archival material, the author demonstrates how Mehmed Ali sought to develop the Egyptian economy and to build up the army, not as a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9774246969
• ISBN13: 9789774246968
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"